A earring from the throat of another, setting them both on the path to recovery before the festival.

TWO FAMILIES in Gujarat heaved a sigh of relief just before Diwali after doctors at the largest public sector hospital in the state managed to save two lives by extracting a tamarind seed from the windpipe (trachea) of one child, and a earring from the throat of another, setting them both on the path to recovery before the festival.

In the first case, an 8-year-old girl — whose family works in the contracting sector in Amreli district — swallowed a tamarind seed while playing around a month ago. Initially, she received treatment in the ENT department of a local private hospital, where her condition appeared to be under control. However, weeks later, the child began experiencing difficulty breathing and was taken to a private hospital in Mahuva.…