Doctors at SSKM Hospital removed the intact glass bulb from the stomach of the four year old Pratima Aleymagar successfully.

Had the torch bulb broken inside the girl’s stomach, the glass could have caused immense damage to her organs.

Confirming the development, surgeon Arunabha Sengupta, who operated on the girl said, “Aleymagar underwent a surgery Thursday morning. The width of the bulb was 2 mm and it was struck so tightly inside the left bronchia that the slightest pressure would have led to her death.”

On Feb 16, Aleymagar had swallowed a 2 mm X 1 mm bulb while playing at her residence in Narendrapur town in South 24 Parganas district.

She was taken to a local doctor by her parents. However, the doctor could not detect the problem due to which the condition of girl worsened day by day.  

The child was then rushed to the SSKM Hospital in south Kolkata.

A team of doctors led by Dr Arunnabha Sengupta operated her.

Doctors said though there have been many cases where swallowed items like toothbrush or a thermometer had been removed from the stomach of patients, it was for the first time that a bulb was removed by them.  

The girl is now out of danger.

“The girl is out of danger and is recovering. Still, we will keep her under 24-hour observation,” Sengupta added.