Indore Doctors Save One Year Old After Fish Jumps Into Throat During Aquarium Cleaning
A routine home task turned into a life-threatening emergency in Indore when a nearly three-inch ornamental fish jumped into a toddler’s mouth while he was laughing. The freak incident occurred on April 3, 2026, as the child's elder siblings were cleaning their home aquarium and playing with fish collected in a net.
The child was rushed to Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital (MYH), where a six-member medical team led by Dr. Yamini Gupta performed a complex, half-hour emergency surgery. Doctors reported that the fish was still flapping vigorously inside the child's throat upon arrival, causing internal injuries and severe breathing difficulty before it was successfully extracted.
What Happened
Fish jumps into 1-year-old boy’s throat during aquarium cleaning, removed after complex surgery
