KIMS doctors successfully remove metallic nail from 10-year-old girl's airway

Bhubaneswar, Nov 2 (UNI) In a challenging medical procedure, doctors at the Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Bhubaneswar, successfully removed a metallic nail lodged in the airway of a 10-year-old girl from Koraput, averting a potentially serious health complication. The child had accidentally inhaled the metallic nail, which was part of a nail art instrument, two days before being brought to the hospital. Following a detailed medical examination and diagnostic scans, doctors discovered that the foreign object was lodged in her right bronchus, the airway passage connecting the windpipe to the right lung. A specialised team comprising doctors from…