Doctors discover 16 sewing needles trapped inside baby boy’s body

Warning: some readers may find the details of this story distressing.

Doctors have discovered 16 sewing needles trapped inside a baby boy's body. The 11-month-old child was brought to hospital in Uzbekistan by his mum after she noticed he had a high temperature. An X-ray soon revealed that 16 sewing needles had been inserted into the baby's heart, spine, neck, colon, and bladder. Local news source Kun.uz reports that doctors undertook an immediate operation to save the baby's life. Thirteen of the "foreign objects" were removed from the child. The child's mother has said that she doesn't know how her son came to have the needles inside of him. She said:

"Strangers do not come to visit us. I do not know how this could have happened."

The remaining "non-life threatening" needles are set to be removed soon. Doctors have not yet said how the needles got there, but they do not believe that the baby swallowed them. It is thought that the child was living for a month with the objects inside of him. The case is currently being investigated by Uzbekistan police. Unfortunately, this is not the first time an incident such as this has occurred. Last December, 14 sewing needles were found inside a baby girl in Kenya. 13 of the needles were successfully removed after surgery. The girl's mother said she had no idea how they got there.