A rare and potentially life-threatening airway emergency in a one-year-old child was successfully managed by the ENT team at Government Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital (MYH), Indore, after a live ornamental fish became lodged in the child’s throat during a household aquarium cleaning incident. According to reports, the incident occurred on April 3, when the child’s older siblings were cleaning the family aquarium and handling ornamental fish collected in a net. During the activity, one of the fish reportedly jumped unexpectedly and entered the toddler’s mouth while he was laughing. The child was immediately rushed to MYH for emergency care.
Acute Airway Distress and ENT Emergency Describing the case, Dr. Yamini Gupta, Head of the ENT Department at MYH, said the fish was nearly three inches long and was still alive when the child arrived at the hospital. “The fish was alive and flapping…
