Mentally-Ill Man Has Life-Saving Surgery To Remove A Lock From His Throat After He Swallowed It

Doctors have performed life-saving surgery after a man swallowed a padlock and it got stuck in his throat.

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Jitendra Jumar, 22, who suffers with mental health difficulties, swallowed the lock while his family weren't watching him.

The 6cm padlock got stuck in his throat, and his family rushed him to hospital in the city of Ranchi, the capital of the state of Jharkhand, while he gasped for air.

Doctors were unable to remove it during a non-invasive endoscopy procedure, so had to perform a four-hour op to get it out.

The operation was successful, and Mr Kumar is in hospital recovering, being fed through a nasal tube.

Dr Pradeep Jumar Singh, head of the ear, nose and throat department at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) Hospital, in India said: 'The patient was brought to our hospital at around 12.30 am gasping for breath.

'An x-ray was immediately taken to determine the exact spot where the ingested lock had got stuck.

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'Left with no other option, and to save Jitendra's life, we decided to go for an open surgery to have the foreign body removed.

'The patient is doing fine and will be discharged soon after a 10 to 12 day stay.'

The operation took place on February 14.

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