The seven-month-old baby who underwent surgery in Santiago de Cuba to remove a pin lodged in the lower throat was discharged this Wednesday and is continuing to recover in the comfort of home.
The operation carried out this Monday at the Dr. Antonio María Béguez César Children's Hospital was without complications, and the patient's recovery is progressing well, reported the state newspaper Trabajadores.
Dr. Zaida María León Castellano, who led the medical team that assisted the child, clarified to the newspaper that the infant spent the first 24 hours in intensive care. "This was to ensure better monitoring of the case, given his status as an infant. He then moved to a regular room, and happily today (Wednesday) he was discharged."
León, a specialist in Otolaryngology, explained that the infant's mother reported having left him alone in the bed for a few minutes to prepare his bath, and when she returned, the child was crying and drooling heavily, prompting her to take him to the Northern Children's Hospital, from where he was referred to "Béguez César" for surgery.
The assistant director of the healthcare center also stated that the child will now be monitored by specialists in the healthcare sector of his residential area, the José Martí Urban Center.
Additionally, he emphasized that it is unusual for such young children to require surgical intervention due to ingesting various objects, including sharp items, and urged parents to be more vigilant in supervising their children.
Another accident involving a minor, which also required surgical intervention, occurred in early March in the province of Camagüey.
At the Dr. Eduardo Agramonte Piña Provincial Pediatric Hospital, a multidisciplinary team performed a delicate and urgent surgical procedure to remove a harpoon lodged in the abdomen of a 13-year-old boy.
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