Thane: A Rs 1 coin was removed from the food pipe of a five-year-old girl at a private hospital here, doctors said yesterday. The doctors at Fortis’ SL Raheja Hospital removed the coin last week after conducing an endoscopy.

The child had swallowed the coin last month while playing at her hometown, Osmanabad. She was examined by a local physician and an X-ray done showed the coin in the upper food pipe.