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Bizarre incident as man swallows toothbrush, admitted in hospital

Nurse Lorna Anyango attends to 34-year-old David Nazir at the Coast General Hospital after he swallowed a toothbrush. He has appealed to the doctors to operate on him and remove the toothbrush. [Photo by Mkamburi Mwawasi/Standard]

A 34 year old man has been admitted at the Coast Provincial General Hospital after swallowing a toothbrush on Sunday.

A copy of an X-ray shows what appears to be a full brush lodged in his stomach. Hospital authorities did not address this matter because journalists had been barred from the ward.

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