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Needle removed from three year old boy’s lung

November 2, 2008
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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...

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