An Egyptian fisherman nearly lost his life after one of his catches got stuck in his windpipe, making it almost impossible for him to breathe or retrieve the fish.
The 40-year-old fisherman who is from the village of Snur, on the banks of the Nile, explained that he had just caught a small fish when he noticed that the line of another fishing rod was pulling.
In a bid not to let his second catch getaway, he quickly put the first fish in his mouth so he could free up his hand but the live, slippery fish managed to wiggle its way out of the man’s bite and got stuck in his throat.
The bizarre accident left the fisherman with speaking difficulties and shortness of breath as he was rushed to the emergency room of a hospital in Beni Suef, Egypt.
Upon examining the man, doctors at the emergency room of a hospital in Beni Suef, Egypt, who were in utter shock confirmed a fish stuck at the entrance to the trachea, leaving just enough space for a little air to get through and prevent the man from suffocating before reaching the hospital.
The doctors performed endoscopic surgery and managed to extract the fish, which was still alive.
Dr Ali Al-Hajri, the ear, nose and throat specialist who managed to remove the fish from the patient’s throat, told Egypt’s Channel One television channel that if the man had been brought in only a few minutes later, he would have suffocated.
Luckily, the operation was a success, and apart from some minor bleeding, the patient is fine and should make a full recovery.
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