Stick to the Heimlich 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
A Romanian man nearly choked on a plastic fork he used to dislodge food that was stuck in his throat, three years after doing the same with a metal fork.
Ionel Aldea, 56, from Focsani, said: "There was this piece of meat on the grill that I couldn't resist. It got stuck there in my throat and I was choking.
"I tried first to push it with my fingers but it didn't move. Then, I got desperate and looked around for anything that might help me.
"I thought the fork would save me and it did at first before it slipped into my throat too."
He was taken to hospital where doctors managed to remove the fork, local daily Libertatea reported.
Mr Aldea said the same thing had happened to him almost exactly three years ago when he used a metal fork to dislodge a piece of meat that had got stuck in his throat.
He said: "That time it was even harder for me. The plastic fork slipped down easier but the metal one was bigger and gave me a really hard time."
Dr Nicoale Bacalbasa, who helped remove the fork, said: "I've never seen this kind of case before. It's once in a lifetime that a doctor gets a chance to see this kind of thing."
Submitted on 04/13/2003
Submitted by:
Angela Christie
Reference:
ananova.com - March 5, 2003
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