63 tablespoons in the stomach of a man

Surgeons in a hospital in India saved a man from certain death after he swallowed 63 metal spoons for unknown reasons, and the surgeons extracted in an emergency operation after the man admitted that he had only been swallowing spoons for more than a year.

The 32-year-old Indian man, known as Vijay, underwent an extensive two-hour operation after being taken to hospital complaining of stomach pains.

A press report by India's ANI news agency said that Vijay's family, who was being treated for drug addiction in a rehabilitation center, believed that he was forcibly fed spoons at the centre.

"We asked him if he eats those spoons and he said yes," said Dr. Rakesh Khurana Lu.

Vijay is reportedly still in the intensive care unit.

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