Story out of Amritsar, India:
Surjeet Singh from Amritsar in northern India complained to medical experts that had been suffering from severe stomach aches and a low appetite.
They initially thought he had developed a tumour but a biopsy revealed metal inside his body.
Mr Singh suffered from a disorder that gave him an urge to swallow knives, according to surgeon Jitendra Malhotra.
The patient said he developed the habit while he recovered from a traffic accident in Chandigarh.
He said: "I could not walk properly after that. I used to sit idle and started swallowing down knives. It pained a little."
Mr Singh thought he had swallowed 28 knives but doctors actually found 40 after a five-hour long operation.
Mr Singh is now in a stable condition following the procedure. Cont.
Story from - Sky News
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