Update: 8:33pm – Surgeons in China removed 200 gallstones from the stomach of a 45-year-old woman named Ms. Chen.
Ms. Chen claimed that her stomach ache started more than ten years ago and was advised by the doctors at the time to undergo surgery.
But her fear of getting an operation done kept her away from receiving a medical aid.She was later admitted In the hospital on July 15th after she experienced an unbearable abdominal pain
The surgeons who later carried out the 6.5-hour long operation claimed that these stones were formed because she skipped her breakfast for more than a decade.
According to the surgeons of Guangji Hospital in Hezhou some of the stones were as large as eggs.
The doctors further went on to say that the woman had often eaten leftovers and had her meals at irregular hours.
Dr Quan (in picture) says that this isn’t the first case that they’re tackling. According to him there have been many such cases where the patients didn’t have their meals properly.
-D/Bhaskar
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