One-year-old boy in Indore undergoes surgery after fish lodges in throat

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A one-year-old boy in Indore required emergency surgery after a fish jumped into his throat while his siblings cleaned an aquarium. Doctors successfully removed the nearly three-inch ornamental fish, which was alive and caused breathing difficulties and injuries. The complex 30-minute procedure was performed by a six-member medical team. The child has since recovered and been discharged. This incident highlights the dangers of foreign objects in young children's airways.


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