Anil Barela was playing a fish swallowing game with his friends on the banks of a river in the Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh state when he accidentally inhaled the creature.
Swallowing live fish was a much-loved game of Anil and his friends, but this time instead of going down his aesophagus it entered his left lung via his wind pipe.
Lungfish: This X-ray image shows a live fish trapped in the lung of Indian youngster Anil Barela
Anil soon started to struggle to breathe and, when he was taken to hospital, medics discovered that levels of oxygen in his blood had plummeted.
Anil survived an 45-minute emergency operation, but the fish was not so lucky.
Dr Pramod Jhawar, chest specialist and bronchoscope expert, told the Times of India: 'X-ray displayed the left lung completely opaque due to the presence of a foreign object.
'The fish was live and taking its last breath when the bronchoscopy was done, restricting the functioning of both the longs resulting in low intake of oxygen.'
He added: 'It is the first case of this sort that we have come across in 20 years time.' ( dailymail.co.uk )
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