In the emergency department of the children’s polyclinic of the hospital. Hippocrates, at: ThessalonikiA 4.5-year-old boy was transferred at dawn as a foreign body blocked his esophagus.

As determined after X-ray and imaging studies, the child swallowed metal dog which should have been removed immediately.

According to voria.gr, this morning the boy was transferred to esophagoscopya method for the treatment of acute obstruction of the upper digestive tract in children, under anesthesia for its removal from the esophagus.

The child is healthy and is being treated at the children’s clinic.