Cutlery found in patient's stomach

Cutlery found in patient's stomach

JAKARTA (AFP): A team of surgeons at a state hospital in Bali have found various objects, including cutlery, a pen and a toothbrush inside the stomach of patient with mental problems, press reports said Wednesday.

The surgeons of the state hospital in Denpasar, Bali, Tuesday found that the stomach of patient Wayan Sudarsa, 28, contained a spoon, a fork, a toothbrush, a fountain pen, part of an iron bar, a piece of leather, and segments of bamboo and sugar cane.

Sudarsa, a former bank employee, has been suffering from mental disorder since 1988 and the operation, the second of its kind for the patient, had been requested by his family.

The patient was reported to be in a stable condition.