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6-Month-Old Baby Removes ‘Protection Charm Knife’ Hanging On His Neck And Swallows It (PHOTOS)

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An six-month-old baby, Dev Thakor, from a village in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Western India, had on Friday, November 28, 2014, accidentally swallowed a knife while being breastfed by his mother Rekha Ben who did not notice it.
He had been wearing the knife on a string around his neck, which is a local tradition in India believed to ward off evil spirits.
The knife cut off from the string and the little baby swallowed it without anybody’s knowledge.
Dev Thakor had to have surgery to remove a penknife from his stomach after he swallowed it while being breastfed by his mother, Rekha Ben, pictured
Six-month-old baby, Dev Thakor had to have surgery to remove a penknife from his stomach after he swallowed it while being breastfed pictured with his mother, Rekha Ben. (Photo Credit: Daily Mail)

The two -inch foldable knife was removed by surgery in a private hospital known as Apollo Hospitals on Friday, November 28, 2014, with the help of some doctors after an X-ray confirmed he had swallowed the penknife.

The penknife which Dev wore around his neck to ward off evil spirits, can be seen, right, in the X-ray
The X-ray shows the penknife (Right) which Dev wore around his neck to ward off evil spirits, can be seen. (Photo Credit: Apollo Hospital/Cover Asia Press)
Dr Shravan Bohra, chief gastroenterologist at Apollo Hospitals where Dev's operation was performed, said the child was lucky to have survived the ordeal as the knife was lying open in the upper part of his stomach
The two-inch foldable knife after it was removed by surgery from the six-month old baby’s stomach at the Appolo Private hospital. on Friday, November 28, 2014. (Photo Credit: Apollo Hospital)
Ms Ben and Dev are pictured along with his father Bharat Thakor, his sister, and his niece
Baby Dev Thakor pictured with his mother Rekha Ben, his father Bharat Thakor, his sister, and his niece.

Thakor’s father, Bharat Thakor, disclosed that on the fateful day, his son ‘suddenly started crying, screaming’ and that was when the family realised that the knife was no more around his neck and nowhere to be found.

According to Mail Online,  Mr Thakor, a tea stall owner, didn’t have enough money for his son’s surgery but his neighbours and customers came to his aid and ‘saved my son’s life’.

Chief gastroenterologist of the hospital where the baby had the surgical operation, Dr Shravan Bohra, maintained that the child was lucky to have survived the ordeal without suffering serious injury.

‘It was a critical case as the knife was lying open in the upper part of Dev’s stomach and could have harmed the Mucosa – the inner part of his body – but fortunately he was remarkably not injured,’ said Bohra.

A 50-year-old man Sailash Patel, whoo is one of Mr Thakor’s customers sponsored the baby’s surgery.

He said he got to know about the baby’s condition after Mr Thakor’s tea shop where he usually stopped almost everyday was closed and his only wish was to save the little baby’s life.

He said, ‘I knew it would be hard for him to afford the operation so I offered to pay the fees.

‘I am a father of two children myself and I couldn’t imagine what Bharat was going through.’

Baby Thakor was discharged from hospital on Sunday, November 30, 2014, and is said to be recovering well at home.

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