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Dentures stuck in woman’s throat for NINE-WEEKS

on January 18, 2013 11:30 am / 9 comments

A 75-year-old woman with dementia had her false teeth stuck in her throat for nine weeks after doctors failed to spot she had swallowed them.

Nermin Keating, who lives with her daughter and full-time carer Umit Maddock in Braintree, Essex, swallowed the 11-teeth dentures in November.

Ms Maddock, 46, said her mother was seen by doctors about four times before the teeth were found and removed. “Everybody thought it was impossible for someone to swallow them,” she said. Click below for full story -

IMAGE: Cascadenews.co.uk

9 Comments

Rosalyn Arnwine says:

January 20, 2013 at 12:28 pm

Id sue the priks if this happened to my grandmother!

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Chantelle Rudolph says:

January 20, 2013 at 12:29 pm

Did they assume because she is old she must have lost her dentures?

I cant believe the doctors missed this for so long

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Rodrick Cone says:

January 20, 2013 at 12:30 pm

LOL no wonder the whole world makes fun out of the english health service

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Tijuana Goldsborough says:

January 20, 2013 at 12:30 pm

Is she now using the swallowed set of dentures or is her dentist gonna make a set that actually fits?

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Miyoko Dillion says:

January 20, 2013 at 12:31 pm

Ouch!

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Jacquelynn Kulick says:

January 20, 2013 at 12:31 pm

How did she manage to eat if her throat was obstructed by dentures?

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Mariel Snell says:

January 20, 2013 at 12:31 pm

I hope they are speaking to their lawyers about this!

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Gabriella Monsen says:

January 20, 2013 at 12:32 pm

Shocking how bad sick and elderly people are treated in england

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Harold Vida says:

January 20, 2013 at 12:33 pm

I honestly dont know why this always happens in england. It seems every day there is a another story about how doctors have missed something with old people or how the elderly have be abused in care homes

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