A 14-month-old female citizen died in the city of Sha'am, north of Ras Al-Khaimah, yesterday evening, after she swallowed a quantity of popcorn, causing her to be unable to breathe and suffocating her.
A medical source at Shaam Hospital told «Emirates Today» that the baby arrived at the hospital in the event of death due to respiratory failure to take quantities of popcorn pills and stopped in the airway.
He explained that immediately after the baby's arrival, the medical team tried to perform a resuscitation and remove the popcorn from her throat, but she was dead, pointing out that the delay of the baby's arrival at the hospital caused her health condition to deteriorate and she was subject to death, even if she was brought in as soon as she was subjected to suffocation so that the medical team dealt with her literally and tried to save Her life.
He added that the parents should pay attention and monitor their children, and not let them eat on their own to avoid suffocation.