Watch: 63 Steel Spoons Removed From Man's Stomach In UP
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The patient, Vijay, was a drug addict and told doctors that he had been eating spoons for a year.
In a bizarre case, doctors in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar found 63 steel spoons in the stomach of a patient. The operation took place at a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district.
The patient, Vijay, was a drug addict who had been admitted to a de-addiction center. On being asked by the doctors, Vijay said that he had been eating spoons for a year.
"We asked him if he ate those spoons and he agreed. Operation lasted for around 2 hours, he is currently in ICU. Patient has been eating spoons for 1 year," Dr Rakesh Khurrana told ANI.
But his family alleges that Vijay was forcibly fed the spoons by the staff at the center. No complaint has been filed yet.