Girl swallows a mobile phone during a fight with brother in India
- 11 Apr 2023
Mustafa Al Zoubi, Gulf Today
An 18-year-old girl in India had to undergo emergency surgery after she swallowed her cell phone during a fight with her brother.
A doctor involved in the surgery told the media about the family dispute that took place in the Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
The brother and sister were reportedly fighting over a Chinese-made cell phone when the angry teenager decided to bizarrely end the feud by eating the device.
Surgeons ran a range of tests on the girl, including CT scans, X-rays and ultrasounds.
They decided that they could only extract the phone surgically, after an endoscopy operation.
After a grueling two-hour operation, the team was able to recover the phone from the patient's body, according to Chief Surgeon Dr. Naveen Kosoh.
The teenager's condition was stable after the phone was removed, which required 10 suture stitches. She is expected to be released from the hospital soon.
