Erode GH doctors remove safety pin from man's throat

ERODE: Doctors at the Thanthai Periyar Government General Hospital in Erode removed a safety pin from the throat of a 47-year-old man on Friday.P Kanniappan of the Karungalpalayam area in Erode city accidentally ingested the safety pin following an epileptic seizure. His family rushed him to hospital. An x-ray revealed that the safety pin was lodged between his vocal cords and food pipe (esophagus), said head of the laparoscopic department in the hospital Dr Sridhar.The medical team opted for a careful procedure to avoid harming the patient. They extracted the safety pin from Kanniappan's throat in an hour-long keyhole surgery. “He is now recovering well,” Dr Sridhar said. The procedure, which would have cost Rs 30,000 in a private hospital, was performed free of cost at the GH, Dr Sridhar added.