Mahabubnagar: Doctors at SVS Hospital in Mahabubnagar saved the life of a three-year-old boy by using an advanced rigid bronchoscopy procedure to remove a custard apple seed stuck in his lung.

The boy, from Avancha village in Thimmajipeta mandal, had accidentally inhaled the seed while playing. It blocked his left lung and made it hard for him to breathe. His parents first took him to a nearby hospital, where doctors quickly referred them to SVS for specialised treatment.

When he arrived at SVS, the child’s oxygen level had dropped to a dangerous 50 percent. Pediatric doctors Dr. Sailaja and Dr. Soren gave him oxygen and ordered a CT scan, which showed the seed deep inside his lung.

Pulmonology specialist Dr. Tummuru Venkateswara Reddy and his team immediately performed a rigid broncho

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