Metal screw removed from baby’s lung at Government Chengalpattu Medical College Hospital

Doctors at the Government Chengalpattu Medical College Hospital removed a small metal screw from the right lung of a one-year-old girl after a two-hour procedure. According to hospital dean Priya Pasupathy, the boy from Kamarajar Nagar was suffering from breathing difficulties and was in distress. A team of doctors led by Sarath Balaji, associate professor of pediatrics, performed a minimally invasive procedure using a flexible bronchoscope and forceps and removed it. The child later recovered. Chengalpattu Collector S. Malathi Helen congratulated the doctors and said that the hospital attends to around 5,000 outpatients daily and has 1,700 beds for inpatients.