Man being treated for food poisoning found to have 263 coins and 100 nails in his stomach
Surgeons in Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India, immediately operated and removed 7kg of foreign objects
AN INDIAN man who was rushed into hospital with suspected food poisoning had swallowed 263 coins and 100 nails in his stomach.
Maksud Khan, 35, was admitted to hospital with abdominal pains and doctors performed an endoscopy to investigate the cause.
They were amazed to find hundreds of coins, 1.5kg of nails, dozens of shaving blades, shards of glass, stones, and a six-inch piece of rusted iron shackle.
Surgeons at Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India, immediately operated and removed 7kg of foreign objects.
Mr Khan is believed to suffer mental health problems and did not inform his family or friends of bizarre eating habits.
Dr Priyank Sharma, who led the surgical team, said: "The patient was complaining of stomach pain, so we thought of getting an endoscopy done.
"We were shocked to discover that coins, nails and nut-bolts in his stomach. It was the first time in our careers we have come across such a case.
"This man looks to be mentally unstable as no sane person would do something like this."
According to the doctors, Mr Khan worked as a tuk-tuk driver and would often swallow coins given to him by customers.
He had been complaining of stomach pains for three months.
Relatives say he had slipped into a depression and might have got hooked on eating metal objects.
"Whenever he felt the urge to ingest a coin, he ingested it with water," said a family member.
Amazingly, the coins and nails never caused any pain or problem at first.
Another doctor who operated on Khan said: "The operation was done in the nick of the time as some of the nails lodged had pierced his stomach, caused bleeding and resulting in loss of haemoglobin."
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Khan is now out of danger and has vowed not to do it again.
In 2015, a similar case was reported in Bathinda where doctors removed 40 coins, 150 nails and a handful of nuts, bolts and batteries from the stomach of a 34-year-old man.
Rajpal Singh, a farmer from Bathinda, developed this bizarre habit after he also slipped into depression.
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