Abu Dhabi: A seven-month-old Tajik baby choked to death after swallowing a piece of chicken in Sharjah.
The infant died a few hours after he was admitted to the intensive care unit at Al-Thaidh Hospital.
Doctors said that the boy was already brain-dead on arrival due to lack of oxygen as the piece of chicken lodged in his throat caused major breathing problems.
Initial inquiry revealed that the child was fed the piece of chicken during lunch.
Doctors succeeded in resuscitating the boy's heart but he could not survive as he was brain dead.