In shocking an incident, a one-and-a-year-old boy from Shahapur swallowed a 4 cm long tic-tac hairpin while playing at home.
According to Mid-Day, the incident took place on March 14, when the one-and-a-year-old boy named Ronit was playing at home. After he swallowed the hairpin it got stuck in his food pipe which led to severe pain and vomiting of blood due to injury caused. After which he was immediately rushed to a local doctor, who referred to Bai Jerbai Wadia hospital, in Parel. The doctors at Bai Jerbai Wadia hospital conducted an X-Ray, which revealed that a 4-cm hair clip was stuck in the boy’s throat.
Dr Minnie Bodhanwala, CEO, Wadia Hospitals, Parel, told the leading daily, “After conducting an X-ray of the neck, we identified a 4-cm hair clip stuck at the level of larynx i.e. the voice box. As the child was in pain, an endoscopy procedure was planned immediately. It was a very complex procedure as the clip was found open and while one part was seen piercing into the Esophagus or the food pipe, the other part was piercing his voice box, which could have been catastrophic.”
The doctors did an endoscopy, it took doctors around 15 to 20 minutes to remove the pin. The one-and-a-year-old boy was discharged from the hospital within a day.
