4-YEAR-OLD CHOKES ON TABLET

A four-year-old boy Yaara Deekshit died on Sunday after a tablet got struck in his throat. The incident took place in Vaavilala village of Palakurthy mandal, 50 km from here.

As the boy was suffering from cold, his father Yaara Sreenu, a farmer, got a tablet from a local store. After reaching home, he tried to give it to his son. But the boy wanted to swallow it himself. He put the tablet in his mouth but could not swallow it.

The tablet got stuck in his throat and he could not breathe. He started coughing profusely and was choking.

Yaara Deekshit, 4, died on Sunday after a tablet got struck in his throat. The incident took place in Vaavilala village of Palakurthy mandal.

The helpless parents tried to take him to the hospital but he died on the way.

Senior paediatrician Dr Faisal Hadhi explained, “No doctor in a private or a public sector will give a tablet to a four-year-old for cold. There are syrups prescribed for cold, fever and also other major diseases. A tablet is prescribed for heart diseases but they are dissolved in the water and only then given to children.”

Dr Altaf Naseem, senior paediatrician explained, “Sudden death of the boy could be due to choking as the tablet must have got stuck in the throat area. It must have entered the lungs and the child’s breathing must have got affected.”

According to the protocol, paediatricians can prescribe tablets to kids who have cross eight years of age. But in cases of heart diseases, congenital hypothyroidism and cancers, children must be given tablets, and parents are told to pound them to powder mix it water, sweeten it with sugar and only then make the children have it.