Monthly Archives: November, 2008
Needle removed from three year old boy’s lung
Chennai,India
When three-year-old Shiva swallowed a sewing machine needle, an X-ray showed that it had entered the boy’s right lung. A medical team at the Institute of Child Health (ICH) in Egmore succeeded in removing it after a 90-minute surgery a week ago. The boy is safe and will be discharged soon.
Shiva had swallowed the needle [...]
