Bengaluru: 55-year-old woman inhales sharp cloth pin while shopping, gets it removed after a month
Bengaluru: In a delicate medical case, a 55-year-old woman from Bengaluru has recovered after unknowingly inhaling a sharp metallic cloth pin that remained lodged in her lung for over a month.
The woman had placed the pin in her mouth while checking clothes in a shop. When she suddenly sneezed, the pin slipped into her airway, eventually embedding itself in the bronchus intermedius, a section of the right lung, as reported by The New Indian Express on Friday.
She later developed persistent dry cough and wheezing, but multiple hospital visits failed to identify the cause. The issue came to light only after doctors at Aster CMI Hospital conducted advanced imaging, including chest X-ray and CT scans, revealing the foreign object embedded in her lung.
Dr Sunil Kumar K, Lead Consultant – Interventional Pulmonologist at the hospital, explained that the pin’s sharp end had pierced into the lung, making removal with standard instruments risky. “The team used a Fogarty balloon to gently move it out and then pulled it out using special forceps, all done while the patient was under sedation,” TNIE quoted him as saying.
The Fogarty balloon catheter is a type of procedure that allows doctors to look inside the airways, avoiding further damage to the airway and ensuring a full recovery.
Fortunately, the woman has recovered well and was sent home in a stable condition with no breathing issues. The hospital said the case underscores the importance of early diagnosis in unusual causes of cough and to be careful about keeping sharp objects near the mouth.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
