In St. Petersburg, a boy was hospitalized with a battery in his esophagus.

In St. Petersburg, a boy born in 2017 was hospitalized after he swallowed a battery. An inspection is underway, the 78 TV channel reported on Tuesday, May 13.

The incident occurred the night before in the Moskovsky district. At 18:50, the child was taken to the children's city hospital from the apartment at No. 6 on the 2nd Pre-Port Passage.

Doctors diagnosed the patient with a foreign body in the esophagus. He is in serious condition. In an hour and a half for this, the victim swallowed the battery due to the oversight of his parents.

Law enforcement officers are investigating the circumstances of the minor's accident.

Earlier in April, a similar case occurred in the Leningrad region. A two-year-old child swallowed a cockroach remedy due to the mother's oversight.