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An Egyptian fisherman nearly lost his life after one of his catch got stuck in his windpipe, making it nearly impossible for him to breathe or retrieve the fish.
Earlier this month, doctors in the emergency room of a hospital in Beni Suef, Egypt, were shocked to discover that a patient who had been admitted with symptoms such as shortness of breath and difficulty speaking had a fish stuck in his throat. .
Upon examining the man, they noted that the fish was stuck at the entrance to the windpipe, leaving just enough space for some air to pass through and prevent the man from suffocating before even reaching the hospital.
Doctors performed endoscopic surgery and managed to remove the fish, which El-Ain reports was still alive! Dr. Ali Al-Hajri, the ear, nose and throat specialist who managed to remove the fish from the patient’s throat, told Egypt’s Channel One television channel that if the man had been brought in just a few minutes later, he would have been suffocated.
Fortunately, the operation was a success and, apart from a little bleeding, the patient is fine and should make a full recovery.
So how does someone get a live fish stuck in their throat?
Well, in this case, the patient, a 40-year-old fisherman from the village of Snur on the banks of the Nile, told the doctors that he had just caught a small fish when he noticed that the line from another fishing pole was pulling.
Desperate not to let his second catch escape, he quickly raised the first fish to his mouth so that he could free his hands …
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what happened next. The slick, live fish managed to slip away from the man’s bite and got stuck in his throat. Fortunately, it left some room for air to enter, which kept the fisherman alive until he was transferred to hospital.
