UP: Batteries, Blades Among 56 Metal Objects Removed from Teen's Stomach, Dies Post Surgery

Hathras (UP): A 15-year-old boy from Uttar Presh's Hathras died a day after a major surgery was performed on him at a Delhi hospital to remove almost 56 objects such as watch batteries, bles, nails and or metal objects from stomach.

discovery of multiple foreign objects inside body of itya Sharma, a Class 9 student, has left medical community perplexed and his family shaken, boy's far Sanchit Sharma, a Hathras-based medical representative, told PTI.

boy died a day after surgery at Safdarjung Hospital as his heart rate spiked and his BP dropped alarmingly, his far said.

foreign objects inside itya's stomach were detected during multiple medical check-ups in different hospitals in Uttar Presh, Jaipur, and Delhi, Sanchit said.

He said his family's ordeal started after his son complained of severe stomach pain and breathing difficulties.

Sanchit said itya was initially taken to a local hospital in Hathras from where on medical vice he was subsequently moved to a Jaipur hospital, which discharged patient after a brief treatment.

However, when boy's symptoms resurfaced, his family took him to a hospital in Aligarh where a surgery was performed on him to ease his breathing discomfort.

A post-surgery ultrasound at Aligarh hospital on October 26 revealed presence of about 19 items inside itya's body, following which doctors referred him to a more vanced medical facility in ida. Here, ar scan revealed presence of about 56 metal fragments, which led to family moving boy to Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital where a major surgery was performed on him on October 27.

"Doctors said that about 56 foreign objects were removed from my son's body after surgery at this Delhi hospital. Subsequently, three more foreign objects were removed, which surprised even doctors who conceded that y were clueless about how this was medically possible," he said.

"I must say that doctors did try ir best but perhaps destiny willed orwise. My son died a day after surgery at Delhi hospital as his heart rate spiked and his BP dropped alarmingly," Sanchit said.

Sanchit mitted that itya's case left even doctors perplexed, as re were injury signs in his mouth or throat to suggest if mir boy ingested items deliberately or accidentally.

He said: "I lost my only son and am w left with my daughter, who, like rest of us, is shaken by this terrible, unexplained, and mysterious trdy to have hit us out of where." He said itya's unexplained death has raised many questions, leaving both his family and medical professionals puzzled.

family resides at Ratangarbha colony in Hathras.

comment was available from Safdarjung Hospital on matter.

With PTI Inputs