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Wockhardt docs remove coin, bead from kids' throat, nose

 DTMT Network
Doctors at Mumbai’s Wockhardt Hospital have given new lease of life to two children by successfully removing a one rupee coin from a one-year-old baby boy’s food pipe and a metallic bead from the nose of a 4-year-old girl that got stuck while playing. Both the procedures were performed recently.

Dr Neepa Vellimuttam, Consultant ENT surgeon, Wockhardt Hospital, said, “On arrival in an emergency, Riaan couldn’t breathe freely. An x-ray confirmed the position of the coin, lodged in cricopharynx (the narrowest part of our food pipe). The child was immediately shifted to the OT as delayed treatment would have cost him his life. A 4 mm laryngoscope (an endoscope for examining the interior of the larynx) was inserted into his throat to pull out the coin.

She added, “Likewise, Amrita’s x-ray revealed that the bead was lodged in the posterior part of the nose. In the OT, a narrow endoscope was used to remove the bead. Both the procedures were performed in 5 minutes. The patients were shifted to the normal ward and were discharged after a day. Both the patients are fine now.”

“Foreign body insertion in children is one of the commonest emergencies seen by ENT surgeons. However, parents need to be careful and keep a close eye on children (especially on the toddler age group of 2-5 years, who tend to experiment with coins and beads. Spend some quality time with your children. The hospital is relentlessly working to serve the patients during the crisis of coronavirus, and is committed to doing so,” said Dr. Neepa.


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