India, May 17 -- In only the second such case in the past five years, doctors at Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) have successfully removed six mutton bones from the food pipe (oesophagus) of a disabled (Divyangjan) man from Kolhapur, who accidentally swallowed the bones while eating causing severe pain while swallowing, officials said on Friday.

According to the treating doctors, the man accidentally swallowed the bones early morning Tuesday after which he was first taken to a private- and later to a government- hospital in Kolhapur. Due to the complicated nature of the case and the number of bones involved however, he was referred to SGH for treatment, officials said.

The patient was then brought to SGH at around 5.30 am and admitted to...