Doctors at BHU remove 25 paise coin stuck in man's windpipe for 8 years
Doctors at Sri Sundarlal Hospital in Banaras Hindu University (SSH, BHU) successfully performed a rare surgery to remove a 25 paise coin lodged in the trachea (windpipe) of a 40-year-old man for the past eight years.
A team of doctors led by cardio-thoracic surgeon Prof Siddharth Lakhotia and Prof SK Mathur removed the coin from the trachea in a procedure that lasted for 20 minutes on Tuesday.
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BHU Doctors Remove 25 Paise Coin Stuck In Man's Trachea For 8 Years
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