Not just one but three keys, one of which had slipped into the nasal cavity, were extracted from the oral cavity of a seven-month-old infant who had accidentally swallowed them on Friday morning. A team of doctors at Rajawadi hospital demonstrated exemplary teamwork to save the life of the infant. Treating ENT surgeons say this is the rarest of rare cases, and they plan to document it in reputable journals soon.

Meanwhile, senior civic doctors acknowledged the decision of the corporation to start the DNB program at peripheral hospitals like Rajawadi. On Friday morning at 10.30 a.m., the infant was rushed to the hospital’s casualty ward. ENT surgeons Dr Devika Shere and Dr Soopriya Yempalle, from the PG-Diploma DNB (ENT) program, were alerted during routine OPD cases.