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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.”

Test In Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai

BJP’s Navi Mumbai district president Sandeep Naik joined the NCP (SP) in presence of state party Chief Jayant Patil on Tuesday. He will be contesting the Belapur assembly constituency as an NCP (SP) candidate now. His father Ganesh Naik, who is the BJP candidate from Airoli assembly constituency, had already made it clear that Sandeep is free to take his own decisions.


While leaving the party Sandeep blamed the BJP leadership of not keeping promises made to him while he joined the party in 2019. However, according to some of the close associates of the Naik family, the real reason behind the latest move is the Naik family’s desire to keep its hold on the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) intact.


Ganesh Naik had been an undisputed leader of Navi Mumbai for around 40 years now. He had been able to maintain control over the municipal corporation since 1995. His elder son Sanjeev was the first Mayor of the city. Between 2004 and 2014 Naik family held all the key posts of people’s representatives in the city like the two MLAs, an MP and the Mayor. In 2014 Ganesh Naik lost to Manda Mhatre, former NCP MLC who had by then switched to the BJP. Sandeep Naik, who had contested from Airoli had won back then and was the only representative of the Naik family who was holding any post as people’s representative between 2014 and 2019.


Ganesh Naik too eventually joined the BJP along with his supporters in the NMMC and the corporation too came under the BJP. According to Sandeep Naik, the BJP leadership had promised to give two assembly seats and a parliamentary seat in the family but didn’t keep the word.


In 2019, the BJP chose Manda Mhatre for the Belapur assembly constituency and she won with a thumping lead of 43,500 votes against a weak Congress candidate. BJP insiders say that the leading margin won her the party ticket for the constituency this time also.


For the Naik family is important to hold both the assembly seats in the city to be able to keep control over the city municipal corporation, where the elections are likely to happen sometime early next year. That is the reason whey Sandeep Naik had started preparing to contest assembly from Belapur for past some time. Since he didn’t get the BJP ticket from the constituency, he shall now do so from the NCP (SP). If he wins, the family’s hold on the corporation will remain intact.

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