The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 21, May 27, 2007, Article 26

CHILD NEARLY KILLED WITH COINS

Coins can kill.  Doctors in India saved the life of a child by
removing 11 coins from her throat.  But did the child swallow
them willingly?

"According Dr. Darad, the procedure was difficult and risky.
'The throat has the windpipe and food pipe close by. The food pipe
was already long chocked with coins which seemed to have been forcibly
inserted in the child's throat right from her birth till she was two
and half months. We could successfully remove 10 coins, had to abandon
the procedure as the child was no longer in a position to bear it.
Luckily, the eleventh coin came out on its own when the baby coughed,'?
Darad said, adding that since this was a rare case possibly in the
world, they were preparing a full report to be published in a medical
journal.

"The presence of 11 coins in the throat of the child continues to be
a mystery for the treating team of doctors as well as the police.
'The victim's mother, Jillubai, pleaded total ignorance in the matter."

"But on further probe, a panchayat functionary of Suthari village,
pleading anonymity, said that the innocent, poor and illiterate Jilubai
had already lost her seven children in a mysterious way. The killer is
in the family and reason for this is that someone in the family did not
want any child of Jilubai to survive to inherit the family property,
he said. 'There are illicit relations among the conspirators in the
family. This is a well-known fact in the village. The police could
easily nab the culprit if they seriously investigate the case,'? the
source said.

"Meanwhile, sources said that Saniya, after removal of coins from
her throat, lead a normal life."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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