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Mumbai: 3-year-old almost suffocates to death one month after eating betel nut
Updated On: 17 December, 2017 08:28 AM IST | Mumbai | Rupsa Chakraborty
<p>Betel nut gets lodged in 3-year-old's lungs; Bombay Hospital doc removes it without surgery</p>
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Taking their eyes off their precocious toddler for a few moments at a wedding function almost cost the Chaudharys their daughter. A month ago, three-year-old Aiza Chaudhary, a Kurla resident, had somehow managed to get some supari (betel nut) into her mouth at a wedding function. A small bit of it, however, became lodged in her lungs, but she felt no discomfort for an entire month.

The piece of supari that was removed from toddler's lungs
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