A few knives were opened up, a few were broken due to rust, while a few were lying closed inside the stomach.

Shocking! Man gulps 40 knives, still alive!

AMRITSAR: In one of the rare cases, a team of doctors here successfully removed 40 knives from a patient's stomach.While talking to mediapersons here on Friday, Dr Jatinder Malhotra, managing director of The Corporate Hospital, informed that a police head constable Jarnail Singh (name changed), 42, was admitted in the hospital with complaint of stomach pain and weakness."Patient's ultrasound revealed a growth in his stomach. To confirm the diagnosis, an endoscopy was done which showed a few metallic knives inside the stomach," Dr malhotra said."After that a CT Scan of the abdomen was done, which showed multiple knives inside the stomach," He further said.When inquired from the patient, it was revealed that he had some sort of psychological problem, because of which he had swallowed 40 knives of different sizes in last two months.A team of surgeons, physicians and critical-care doctors operated upon the patient. The team included Dr B B Goyal, Dr Rajinder Rajan, Dr Arti Malhotra and Dr Anita besides Dr Jatinder himself.He said a few knives were opened up, a few were broken due to rust, while a few were lying closed.“In my 20 years of practice, this is the most dreadful surgery I have ever seen or done,” said Jatinder, adding that the head constable was out of danger now.