<i>Needle removed from man's lung after 20 years</i>
The two inch transfusion needle removed from the lung of Md Ibrahim, inset, 20 years after it accidentally went through his windpipe.Photo: STAR
Doctors in Chittagong yesterday removed a needle from the left lung of a man 20 years after it accidentally went through his windpipe. The two inch needle, used by doctors to transfuse fluids into a patient's body, was removed using a process called Bronchoscope, where forceps were inserted down the windpipe to clutch the needle and bring it out. The man, Md Ibrahim, 24, a day labourer and resident of Naogaon of Rajshahi, is now in good condition. Ibrahim said he was playing with the needle inside his mouth at the age of 4 when it accidentally went through his windpipe. He felt occasional pains in his chest until recently, when the pains increased with severe cough. He consulted Dr Zaman on September 4, who discovered the needle in an X-ray of the lungs. The doctor referred him to chest specialist Dr Md Shahadat Hossain, who carried out Bronchoscope on Ibrahim at Chevron Clinical Laboratory Private Limited. “It is really a matter of surprise that he had the needle in his lung for nearly about 20 years,” Shahadat said. “The needle was brought out in 25 minutes. It was really mysterious that the needle did no harm to Ibrahim's lung during all these years. “I brought out a safety pin from the lungs of a girl four months ago but this case is a new and very exceptional experience for me,” he added.
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