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Quaid Najmi

4 January 2025 at 3:26:24 pm

Surgery saves boy who gulped tiny LED bulb

Mumbai : In a bizarre development, a small boy from Kolhapur swallowed a tiny LED light bulb a few months ago that got stuck deep in his...

Surgery saves boy who gulped tiny LED bulb

Mumbai : In a bizarre development, a small boy from Kolhapur swallowed a tiny LED light bulb a few months ago that got stuck deep in his lung causing huge trauma and emotional stress for his family, officials said.   When the unusual case was referred to the Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre (JHRC), a team of medicos successfully extricated the foreign object lodged in the three-and-half-year-old boy’s chest.   Recounting the remarkable feat, a JHRC official said the child, Aarav Patil was reported to be suffering from severe breathing difficulties and incessant coughing for almost three months.   Doctors treating him at his home town initially mistook it for pneumonia and subjected him to multiple courses of antibiotics and other medicines, but there was improvement in the boy’s condition.   Subsequently, he was taken for advanced tests, examinations and a CT Scan which revealed the shocker – a metallic object was sitting inside the boy’s left bronchus, partially blocking the airway.   More tests identified the offending object – it was a LED bulb from a toy car – a development so rare that even seasoned doctors described it as a ‘one in a million case’.   Though doctors in Kolhapur attempted to retrieve the foreign body through flexible bronchoscopy - a minimally invasive procedure - the attempts proved to be unsuccessful.   As Aarav’s condition appeared to deteriorate, his desperate family rushed him to JHRC and he was referred to a team of specialist doctors.   After studying his case and examining Aarav, the medical team comprising thoracic surgeon Dr. Vimesh Rajput, ENT surgeon Dr. Divya Prabhat and Dr. Anurag Jain discovered that the bulb had not only blocked the bronchus but had also embedded itself in the surrounding tissues of the lung tissue, making its removal extremely challenging.   A rigid bronchoscopy conducted further confirmed the severity of the obstruction. Left with no other option, the doctors decided to opt for a mini thoracotomy — a delicate surgery involving a 4-centimeter incision in the chest.   “This was one of the rarest cases we’ve encountered. The bulb was lodged in such a way that conventional methods could not retrieve it. Through careful planning and teamwork, we managed to safely remove the object by a mini thoracotomy and restored Aarav’s lung function,” explained Dr. Rajput.   Emphasising how such cases are ignored, Dr. Prabhat pointed out that chronic cough or breathing issues are often dismissed as common pneumonia or even asthma.   “However, such persistent symptoms must always be investigated thoroughly, especially through early detection and imaging which can make all the difference to the patient,” she averred.   JHRC CMO Dr. Milind Khadke said, “The foreign body aspiration in kids is far more common that parents may realise but quick intervention is critical to prevent long-term medical complications.”

Congress likely to suffer setback in Marathwada

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Mumbai: Former Maharashtra chief minister and BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Chavan is likely to lodge a defining blow to the ailing Congress in Marathwada region during the union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to Nanded next week.


Chavan’s entry was expected to strengthen the BJP in the parts of Marathwada that had remained under the influence of the Congress. However, the party lost even the Nanded Lok Sabha seat. Chavan’s decision to quit the party was expected to weaken the Congress in the regions. That didn’t seem to happen at least during the parliamentary elections last year. Though the BJP recovered its position during assembly elections later, Chavan had little role to play in that sweeping victory of the state BJP. He remained stuck primarily to the Bhokar assembly segment from where his daughter Srijaya was contesting on the BJP ticket. His contribution to the party organization too remained dismal during the period.


On this backdrop, during the recent organizations elections Chavan sprang back to action and got his men elected to the district units of the BJP in many of the districts in Marathwada along with Nanded. During Shah’s visit to Nanded next week the next chapter of the story is likely to be written where majority of Chavan’s supporters within Congress party organization will be roped in to the BJP. Chavan is also likely to bring along more influential leaders from Congress and other political parties from Jalna, Beed, Parbhani, Latur and Hingoli districts apart from Nanded. Many former Congress MLAs and MLCs are likely to join the BJP ahead of the local body elections later this year. Chavan is currently on a spree to meet such senior and heavyweight leaders from other parties, the sources said.


Chavan appeared to have lost his political clout in the region after joining the BJP. After debacle in Lok Sabha, he consciously avoided limelight and concentrated on the assembly segments in Nanded district. Jitesh Antapurkar from Deglur-Biloli and Chavan’s daughter Srijaya from Bhokar won the election restoring Chavan’s confidence. In the next stage Chavan established his upper hand in the district party unit. Now his next step will be to rope in Congress heavyweights, sources close to him have said.


Former minister from Pathri Suresh Varpudkar and former MLAs Kailas Gorantyal (Jalna) and Badamrao Pandit (Gevrai) along with a few more former MLAs are likely to join the BJP in presence of Shah next week. Chavan is very actively pursuing all such leaders. He even visited Nanded Congress district president B R Kadam sending out a strong signal that he not keeping any stone unturned in strengthening the BJP in the region as part of efforts to restore his lost clout in the region.

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