Tender age Tender age

Boy in tzedakah box costume swallows coins, is hospitalized

Jerusalem child who got dressed up for Purim undergoes surgery to dislodge money stuck in his throat

By ToI Staff 22 March 2016, 5:44 pm

Edit

Jewish National Fund collection boxes (Wikimedia commons/David Shay)

A 5-year-old boy who dressed up as a tzedakah (charity) box for a Purim party at his Jerusalem kindergarten was rushed to an emergency room Tuesday after he swallowed two coins that were part of his costume.

During the party, the child’s teacher noticed the boy choking and patted him on the back, at which point the kid spat out a coin, the Ynet news site reported.

The child continued to cough, and the teacher immediately rushed him to the Terem outpatient emergency room in the capital.

Doctors at Terem decided to transfer the child to the emergency room at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, where he underwent surgery to remove another coin from his throat.

The operation was deemed a success and the child is expected to be released from the hospital later Tuesday, the report said.