The doctors of a private hospital in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur removed a four-cm-long needle (1.5 inches) from the lungs of a 14-year-old girl in three and a half minutes, setting a record. The girl had accidently swallowed the needle while dressing.
The doctors of the private hospital, Srikamatchi Medical Centre, removed the needle using a modern technology called Bronchoscopy.
In the visuals the needle can be seen stuck inside the girl's lung and shows how the doctors removed it using the innovative medical techniques utilised in modern heathcare.
Bronchocopy is a medical procedure that enables doctors to view the airways and diagnose any lung disease or during treatment of lung conditions. It uses a bronchoscope, which is a thin tube with a light and camera on it to view the lungs from inside.
Doctors Remove 5-Cm-Long LED Bulb From Boy's Lung
In a similar case reported from Chennai earlier this month, doctors at Sri Ramachandra Hospital in Porur saved the life of a five-year-old boy using Bronchoscopy to remove an LED bulb from his lungs.
The boy swallowed the bulb, which was 5-cm-long and 2-com-wide, by mistake while playing with it.
However, it got stuck in his lungs instead of passing through his intestine.
Dr R Madhu, Head of the the hospital's paedriatic surgery department, said that although he had handled cases of objects entering the lungs, but this case was the first time that he saw a boy swallowed an LED bulb.
The boy was taken to the hospital after he complained of cough and breathing difficulty.
The surgeon said that the case was very challenging as the doctors had to ensure to not catch on the glass side of the bulb. Doing so would have broken the glass into pieces, which could have spill into the lungs, The New Indian Express reported.