Mangaluru, Mar 19, 2021: Doctors have removed a pin which was found attached to the lungs of a 12 year old boy from Bajal who was suffering from fever, cough and breathing problems since the past 15 days.
Mubashir, son of Abdul Khader of Bajal Pakkaladka was unwell since the past 15 days and his parents had given him treatment from a doctor considering it a common cough and cold. However when his situation did not improve, he was taken to Dr Ramgopal, paediatrician who got an x-ray done when the pin was noticed in the lungs.
Later the boy was admitted to the KS Hegde Hospital at Derlakatte where doctors removed the pin by inserting a tube.
The boy is unaware as to how the pin used in notice boards, entered his lungs.