Meet a man who had swallowed 140 coins, 150 nails and a handful of nuts, bolts, batteries, screws, and magnets for three years in Bathinda, a western state of Punjab, India.
Over a three year period, Mr Singh had swallowed 140 coins, 150 nails and nuts and bolts, batteries and magnets
When Rajpal Singh, 34, arrived at a hospital complaining of a stomach ache, doctors suspected it might be a run-of-the-mill case of food poisoning or an ulcer. However, they were amazed to find the man had actually swallowed hundreds of coins, nails and other foreign objects.
Rajpal Singh, 34, had hundreds of coins and other objects removed from his stomach after complaining of an ache
Mr Singh claims he didn’t realise his stomach pain was due to his habit of eating metal objects. He said the bizarre habit began after he fell into a depression, and eating metal objects brought him comfort. He said: “I used to gulp down coins and metals with fruit juice or milk.
Doctors were amazed when an endoscopy (a long thin tube with a camera attached) revealed hundreds of foreign objects inside Mr Singh’s stomach
Due to family problems I had slipped into depression and got hooked onto this weird habit. Doctors have told me those sharp objects would have punctured my intestine and I would have eventually died. I feel much more relaxed now. I am never going to do this again.”
Doctors have carried out 240 endoscopy procedures to remove the objects, as well as a nine-hour operation
After discovering the mass of metal deep in Mr Singh’s stomach, more than 240 endoscopy procedures to remove the objects have been carried out. Dr Gagandeep Goyal, a gastroentologist at a local hospital, also carried out a nine hour operation to remove more of the metal – yet some still remain.
Dr Gagendeep Goyal (pictured centre in blue) led a team of five doctors who carried out the operation to remove the objects from Mr Singh’s abdomen
Dr Goyal said: “The patient came to us with severe stomach pain. When we did the endoscopy we were shocked to see so many foreign bodies, including coins and sharp objects in his stomach. His body is too fragile to sustain another operation now so we plan to operate again in about seven days and remove the remaining objects.”
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