{
  "id": 7517924,
  "title": "Chicken bone turns Sunday lunch into nine-day hospital stay",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/chicken-bone-turns-sunday-lunch-into-nine-day-hospital-stay",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-15T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health-e News",
    "slug": "health-e-news",
    "url": "https://health-e.org.za/2026/09/15/chicken-bone-turns-sunday-lunch-into-nine-day-hospital-stay/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Health-e News Chicken bone turns Sunday lunch into nine-day hospital stay Dorothy Khomo from Duduza township, near Springs on Gauteng’s East Rand, had just returned from church and was eating with her family when she felt a chicken bone lodge in her throat. Her sister suggested eating brown bread to push it down. When that did not work, Khomo went to bed, hoping the discomfort would pass.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "AllAfrica Health",
        "title": "South Africa: Chicken Bone Turns Sunday Lunch Into Nine-Day Hospital Stay",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/south-africa-chicken-bone-turns-sunday-lunch-into-nine-day-hospital",
        "published": "2026-09-15T10:44:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}