Agartala, Oct. 27 -- In a successful medical intervention, a team of doctors from the ENT Department of Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC) removed a coin lodged in the food pipe of a four-year-old boy on the morning of October 25, despite it being a Lakshmi Puja holiday.

The child, a Janajati boy from Bangshibari in Sepahijala district, was brought to IGM Hospital (IGMH) by his anxious parents after a coin became stuck in his food pipe. Following the initial assessment, he was referred to GBP Hospital for further treatment at AGMC.

The child was admitted to the ENT Department of AGMC on the evening of October 24. After keeping him nil orally overnight in preparation for the procedure, the medical team successfully removed the co...