Doctors Remove Coin From Woman's Stomach After It Remains There for 16 Years

A team of doctors at JLN Hospital in Rajasthan's Ajmer successfully performed an endoscopy to remove a coin that a 20-year-old woman had swallowed at the age of four.

A team of doctors at the JLN Hospital in Rajasthan's Ajmer successfully performed an endoscopy to remove a coin that a 20-year-old woman had swallowed at the age of four.

The woman, who recently began working as an MRI technician, experienced unusual movements in her stomach whenever she entered the MRI room, possibly due to the magnetic field.

Concerned by this persistent issue, she spoke with her parents, who reminded her of an incident from her childhood when she had swallowed a coin, Dainik Bhaskar reported.

During a press conference on Tuesday, Dr Anil Samariya, the principal and controller of JLN Medical College, explained that upon learning about the coin, the woman contacted the gastroenterology department at JLN Hospital. An X-ray confirmed the coin's presence in her stomach, and it was successfully removed on Monday.

Dr Arvind Khare, the hospital superintendent, noted that while the coin had remained in the woman's stomach for 16 years without causing any immediate issues, it could have posed serious risks. He urged parents to seek medical advice promptly if their children swallow any objects, as it could lead to complications.

In another incident, doctors of a private hospital at Ghumarwin in Bilaspur district removed 33 coins from the abdomen of a 33-year-old man. The coins worth INR 300 of INR 2, INR 10 and INR 20 denominations weighed 247 grams.

Dr Ankush, a surgeon, said the patient, a resident of Ghumarwin, complained of stomach pain, following which his family brought him to the hospital on January 31. The doctors at the hospital conducted several tests on the patient, including an endoscope, and detected several coins in his stomach.