A man in India spent two months swallowing knives and had 40 of them surgically removed from his stomach, according to the doctor who led the operation.Dr. Jatinder Malhotra told CNN.
"He had a wild urge to consume metal. Even for us, the experienced surgeons, it was frightening,"We were so nervous... a small mistake could have taken the patient's life. In my 20 years of practice, I have never seen anything like it."He [the patient] says he swallowed some knives folded, and some unfolded. When we took out the knives -- some were found folded, some were open, and some had even started rusting and were broken," Malhotra said.
"He had a wild urge to consume metal. Even for us, the experienced surgeons, it was frightening,"We were so nervous... a small mistake could have taken the patient's life. In my 20 years of practice, I have never seen anything like it."He [the patient] says he swallowed some knives folded, and some unfolded. When we took out the knives -- some were found folded, some were open, and some had even started rusting and were broken," Malhotra said.