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Dubai doctors remove 2cm fish bone lodged in Sharjah man's airway for months

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“Dubai doctors remove 2cm fish bone lodged in Sharjah man's airway for months”

Doctors in Dubai have removed a 2cm fish bone lodged in the airway of a Sharjah resident suffering from a persistent cough, congestion and breathing difficulties. For nearly two months, the milkfish bone caused problems for unsuspecting Unnikrishnan Sivaraman, a 60-year-old Indian expatriate. Mr Sivaraman experienced “significant nausea” and bloodstained vomiting but said: “I did not realise that the fish bone had become lodged in my airway.” He visited a hospital emergency department, but…

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