Hi my father is 69 years old. One week ago he had acute cholecystitis and he had removed it through laparoscopic surgery. Suddenly he began to have short term hiccups and it turn to long term ones. We have taken him to hospital and gave him medication today but there is no sign of improvement. What should we do, is there any case of complications?

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