Child spent three weeks with a needle in the trachea before being operated

Doctors removed the needle after several erroneous diagnoses. Minsa’s HEP specialists successfully extracted a needle from the trachea of a four-year-old boy. The object was lodged there for three weeks. The minor, identified with the initials S.C.M., was intervened after several erroneous diagnoses that delayed his treatment. The incident occurred in Carabayllo while the child was playing in his room. His mother noticed discomfort in his throat…