Fish bone lodged in airway for two months: How Indian expat in UAE finally found relief

“Fish bone lodged in airway for two months: How Indian expat in UAE finally found relief”

Dubai: For nearly two months, Unnikrishnan Sivaraman, a 60-year-old Indian expat living in Sharjah, struggled with a persistent cough, chest congestion and increasing difficulty in breathing. The cause was a sharp fish bone, almost 2 cm long and 1cm wide, that had lodged deep in his airway after he accidentally aspirated it while eating. On September 11, a team of doctors at Aster Hospital Mankhool in Dubai finally removed it, and he went home within hours, the hospital said in the case details…