Moscow Surgeons Save Toddler After Removing Plastic Object From Airway

Doctors at the Morozov Children's City Clinical Hospital in Moscow have saved the life of an 18-month-old child after performing emergency surgery to remove a foreign object from the toddler's airway. According to the Moscow Department of Health, the child's mother called emergency medical services after noticing that her son had choked on a foreign object and was struggling to breathe. Emergency Surgery Removes Plastic Fragment The child was rushed to the hospital, where surgeons carried out an emergency procedure and successfully extracted a fragment of a plastic baseboard from his airway.