Six-year-old’s dangerous game prompts doctor to warn parents
A medical expert is warning parents to keep a close eye on their children after a six-year-old got violently ill when a Bt5 coin got stuck in his throat.
Dr Arak Wongworachat, the director of Sichon Hospital in Nakhon Si Thammarat, said in a Facebook post that the child had hidden the coin in his mouth, but ended up accidentally swallowing it.
When the child started vomiting, foaming at the mouth and was unable to speak, his parents took him to a hospital nearby, where doctors said the coin was stuck deep in his throat.
The child was then transferred to Sichon Hospital and the coin removed via a surgical procedure.
Arak explained that in the worst case scenario, the coin could have blocked the child’s windpipe and killed him, or ended up getting stuck somewhere else in the body which would require serious surgery.
Hence, he said, it is imperative that parents keep a close eye on what their young children are up to for the sake of their safety.
