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Doctors Removed A Live Fish From An Egyptian Fisherman’s Throat (Graphic Photos/Video)

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An Egyptian fisherman got a taste of what it means when a fish is got on a hook as he nearly lost his life after one of his catch got stuck in his windpipe making it impossible for him to breathe or retrieve the fish.

Doctors at the emergency room of a hospital in Beni Suef, Egypt, earlier this month were shocked to discover that a patient who had been brought in with symptoms like shortness of breath and speaking difficulties, had a fish stuck in his throat. 

Upon examining the man, they noticed that a fish was stuck at the entrance to the trachea, leaving just enough space for a little air to get through and prevent the man from suffocating before even reaching the hospital.

The doctors performed an endoscopic surgery to extract the fish, which El-Ain reports was still alive! Dr. Ali Al-Hajri, the ear, nose and throat specialist who removed the fish from the patient’s throat, told Egypt’s Channel One television channel that if the man had been brought in only a few minutes later, he would have suffocated. 

Luckily, the operation was a success, and apart from some minor bleeding, the patient is fine and should make a full recovery.

The patient, a 40-year-old fisherman from the village of Snur, on the banks of the Nile, told doctors that he had just caught a small fish when he noticed that the line of another fishing rod was pulling. Desperate to not let his second catch get away, he quickly put the first fish in his mouth so he could free up his hands…

The live, slippery fish managed to wiggle its way out of the the man’s bite and got stuck in his throat. Luckily, it left a bit of space for air to get in through, which kept the fisherman alive until he was transported to the hospital.

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