July 2018

  This seven-year old boy arrived today at CEML Hospital from a rural village. Two weeks ago, his illness began with a toothache in the left upper mouth. Five days ago, puss began draining through the skin. This very disturbing photo, taken with permission, shows a black hole at the center of the left cheek. […]

  “My son was playing with a coin and now it’s stuck in his throat!” explained a distraught father in the CEML Hospital emergency department. Objects lodged in the upper esophagus or trachea are especially deadly. They can quickly obstruct breathing or rupture into the neck, causing rapid sepsis and death. Gratefully, at that moment