Kochi: Doctors of Amrita Hospital in Edapally have removed a small LED bulb from the right lung of a seven-month-old baby boy. The baby from Kottayam had accidentally swallowed the bulb that might have been part of a toy. He had experienced coughing and breathing difficulty. The parents first took the baby to a nearby hospital where doctors initially treated him with antibiotics. As there was no respite, an x-ray was conducted, and a suspicious foreign body was found at the bottom of the right lung.
The baby was then transferred to Amrita Hospital where a CT scan and bronchoscopy were conducted. “We found two iron bodies at the basal segment of the lower lobe of the right lung. There was blood around the foreign body. But the bulb was not seen there. We removed blood around the foreign body and pulled it out. It was only then we realised the foreign body was a red LED bulb. Usually, these kinds of foreign bodies are not found in this age group of babies,” said Dr Tinku Joseph, chief interventional pulmonologist, who headed the team at the hospital. The baby has been discharged from the hospital. TNN
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The baby was then transferred to Amrita Hospital where a CT scan and bronchoscopy were conducted. “We found two iron bodies at the basal segment of the lower lobe of the right lung. There was blood around the foreign body. But the bulb was not seen there. We removed blood around the foreign body and pulled it out. It was only then we realised the foreign body was a red LED bulb. Usually, these kinds of foreign bodies are not found in this age group of babies,” said Dr Tinku Joseph, chief interventional pulmonologist, who headed the team at the hospital. The baby has been discharged from the hospital. TNN
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Geeta Patel, a 50-year-old woman from Gujarat, has approached the high court to correct her birth certificate which incorrectly mentions her name as 'Baby'. Despite providing various identity documents, her requests for an updated birth certificate were ignored for four months. Her advocate argued that the mention of 'Baby' was only a gender marker and not a name. The high court has instructed the relevant authority to decide on Geeta's application within a month.
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