Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Key Takeaways Tonsillectomy is a surgery to remove the tonsils to help with ...

Ear Nose and Throat specialist Mbira Gikonyo. (Photo: Beverlyne Musili, Standard) The hospital visits became numerous, tiresome and expensive. The sore throat, runny nose, bad breath, swollen tonsils ...

A 5-year-old girl from the English county of Cornwall died just four days after surgery to remove her tonsils Senior coroner, Andrew Cox, told authorities investigating her death that Amber — who ...

The girl is an 8th grader at E.C. Reems Academy in Oakland. She entered the hospital last Monday to get her tonsils out, but complications left her brain-dead. Doctors say she hasn't been showing any ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. This story first appeared in Healthy You - July 2025, The Gazette’s quarterly health publication. If you ...