Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Crazy World: Woman swallows Dentist's Drill

SWEDEN: An unknown woman who was undergoing a dental surgery when the drill head went loose and fell inside the patient's mouth. Even though the doctors immediately made her sit up, the 60-year-old woman had already swallowed the small piece of equipment.

The doctors asked the woman to cough hard and spit the eqipment out, however the little piece of metal had already headed south, reports a Swedish newspaper Local.

The 3-cm long drill had lodged itself inside her lung, according to an x-ray report.

The woman underwent bronchoscopy to get the drill out without causing harm to her lungs. 'A pinky-sized tube was sent into her lung with a small camera and pliers to grab hold of the drill,' the hospital’s medical boss Per Weitz told the daily.

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