Doctors in the mountain town of Zintan have successfully removed dozens of metal objects from a 20-year old boy’s stomach, in a rare case that surprised the medical staff and local residents. A medical source from Zintan General Hospital told Almarsad news website that the patient was admitted to the emergency department on Friday suffering from severe pain in his stomach. He lost the ability to drink and eat, and doctors were shocked to find that in the last few hours he had swallowed dozens of metal pieces. The website added that images of X-ray from the patient's stomach showed pieces of plastic and metal pieces including nails, coins, bolts and screws in addition to some other solids that required surgical intervention to remove them. X-ray from the patient's stomach.

Source: Libya Observer August 26, 2017 12:56 UTC