Batteries, blades among 56 metal objects removed from UP teen's stomach; patient dies post surgery
Hathras (UP), Nov 3: A 15-year-old boy from Uttar Pradesh's Hathras died a day after a major surgery was performed on him at a Delhi hospital to remove an astonishing 56 objects such as watch batteries, blades, nails and other metal fragments from his stomach.
The discovery of multiple foreign objects inside the body of Aditya Sharma, a Class 9 student, has left the medical community perplexed and his family shaken, the boy's father Sanchit Sharma, a Hathras-based medical representative, told PTI.
The boy died a day after the surgery at Safdarjung Hospital as his heart rate spiked and his BP dropped alarmingly, his father said.
The foreign objects inside Aditya's stomach were detected during multiple medical check-ups in different hospitals in Uttar Pradesh, Jaipur, and Delhi, Sanchit said.
He said his family's ordeal started after his son complained of severe stomach pain and breathing difficulties.
Sanchit said Aditya was initially taken to a local hospital in Hathras from where on medical advice he was subsequently moved to a Jaipur hospital, which discharged the patient after a brief treatment.
However, when the boy's symptoms resurfaced, his family took him to a hospital in Aligarh where a surgery was performed on him to ease his breathing discomfort.
A post-surgery ultrasound at the Aligarh hospital on October 26 revealed presence of about 19 items inside Aditya's body, following which doctors referred him to a more advanced medical facility in Noida. Here, another scan revealed presence of about 56 metal fragments, which led to the family moving the boy to Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital where a major surgery was performed on him on October 27.
"Doctors said that about 56 foreign objects were removed from my son's body after the surgery at this Delhi hospital. Subsequently, three more foreign objects were removed, which surprised even the doctors who conceded that they were clueless about how this was medically possible," he said.
"I must say that the doctors did try their best but perhaps destiny willed otherwise. My son died a day after the surgery at the Delhi hospital as his heart rate spiked and his BP dropped alarmingly," Sanchit said.
Sanchit admitted that Aditya's case left even the doctors perplexed, as there were no injury signs in his mouth or throat to suggest if the minor boy ingested the items deliberately or accidentally.
He said: "I lost my only son and am now left with my daughter, who, like the rest of us, is shaken by this terrible, unexplained, and mysterious tragedy to have hit us out of nowhere."
He said Aditya's unexplained death has raised many questions, leaving both his family and medical professionals puzzled.
The family resides at Ratangarbha colony in Hathras.
No comment was available from the Safdarjung Hospital on the matter.
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Two highway robbers shot at in Hubballi during spot inspection
Hubballi (Karnataka), Nov 24: Two suspected robbers were shot at on Sunday when they tried to escape from police as they were taken for a spot inspection, Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissioner N Shashikumar said.
The incident happened when they were taken to a spot, in the outskirts of Hubbali, where they allegedly waylaid a car and looted money couple of weeks ago. Police took them there to make them describe the alleged crime.
The two alleged robbers Bharath and Farooq from Mangaluru were shot in their leg when they assaulted three police officers including two women police officers, Shashikumar told PTI.
He said the police officers shot them in self defence. According to him, the gang had waylaid a car on November 8 and decamped with Rs 7 lakh. Investigation led to the arrest of Bharath and Farooq and subsequently some amount was recovered from them, he added.
The Police Commissioner said the injured are being treated at Hubballi KIMS Hospital. Farooq, he said, has more than 17 cases registered against him in various police stations. There were cases registered against him in other states as well.
Bharat too has many criminal cases against him in various police stations in the state, Shashikumar said.
