Sassoon doctors remove mutton bones from man's food pipe

In only the second such case in the past five years, doctors at Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) have successfully removed six mutton bones from the food pipe (oesophagus) of an intellectually disabled (Divyangjan) man from Kolhapur, who accidentally swallowed the bones while eating, causing severe pain while swallowing, officials said on Friday.

- Vicky Pathare

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According to the treating doctors, the man accidentally swallowed the bones early morning Tuesday after which he was first taken to a private and later to a government hospital in Kolhapur. Due to the complicated nature of the case and the number of bones involved, however, he was referred to SGH for treatment, officials said.