A team of doctors at AIIMS Raipur has successfully removed a sharp pushpin from the lung of a 13-year-old boy, preventing a very serious situation. The patient had come to the AIIMS emergency department on June 30. For over two weeks, he had been coughing up blood, had a fever, and chest pain. When doctors asked him what happened, he remembered accidentally inhaling a pushpin while playing and coughing. An X-ray showed a metal object, a pushpin, stuck deep inside his left lung, and there were also signs of a lung infection (pneumonia) in that area. Because there was a risk of more lung damage and bleeding, doctors knew they had to act quickly. The boy was immediately taken for a special procedure called a bronchoscopy.

 

During this procedure, doctors used a special camera (video bronchoscopy) to carefully find the pushpin. They then used special tools to gently pull it out. There was a little bleeding, but they were able to stop it right away. The procedure went well, and there were no problems. The boy was sent home the very next day with medicine and advice on exercises to help his lung recover. Doctors say that if foreign objects like this are not found and removed quickly, they can cause serious problems like blockages, infections, and permanent lung damage. The successful operation was performed by Dr Ranganath T Ganga, Dr Ajoy Behera, Dr Praveen Dubey, and Dr Rahul Chakravarthy. Dr Debendra Tripathy, Dr Chandan Dey, and Dr Shama Khan provided anesthesia support, and the Radiology department also played a key role. Lt Gen Ashok Jindal (Retd), the head of AIIMS Raipur, praised the entire team for their excellent work.