A mentally-ill Vietnamese woman who ate 119 nails weighing more than one kilogram has survived an emergency operation to remove the objects from her stomach.
Nguyen Thi Manh, 43, was admitted to a military hospital in southern Vinh Long province on Wednesday after complaining of intense stomach pain.
"I had never seen a patient like her," Doctor Colonel Ly Viet Hung said.
"We took from her stomach 119 nails measuring between seven and eight centimetres in an hour-long surgery."
The doctor said the woman had suffered severe injuries but added that her life was no longer in danger.
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