One of the surgeons, Dr Jitendra Malhotra, said, "This was very unnerving, [I have] not witnessed something like this in my career as a doctor."
A man in Amritsar ate 40 knives in two months as he felt like eating them. The knives were removed by a team of five doctors removed after 5-hour long surgery.
Shocking story from Amritsar! Man eats 40 knives, lives to tell tale; said to the doctor "I felt like eating them" pic.twitter.com/TaLrk6oHQj
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Speaking to press, one of the surgeons, Dr Jitendra Malhotra, said, “This was very unnerving, [I have] not witnessed something like this in my career as a doctor.”
5-member team located knives in body, surgery took 5 hours. Man ate these knives for over 2 months (graphic content) pic.twitter.com/Zazh8oUnqG
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The operation was successful and the man spoke to doctors and media after the surgery. “I felt like eating them,” the man told doctors.