Chhatarpur, MP: A farmer from Khajuraho who was brought in a critical condition got relieved after a team of doctors from Chhatarpur district hospital removed a 16-inch-long bottle gourd from the rectum of the man in a 2-hour long operation. The man was experiencing severe abdominal pain when he was admitted. Following a medical exam, doctors discovered a foreign object, a bottle gourd, in the back of his body. It had likely entered inside his body through his rectum, causing internal injuries.
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The medical team, headed by Dr Nandkishore Jatav, successfully carried out the complicated surgery to remove the 16-inch bottle gourd from the patient’s body which has caused rupture in the patient’s internal membranes. The patient has now been declared out of danger. Meanwhile, it has yet not been clear how the bottle gourd entered the man’s body. Reportedly, the patient is probably suffering from a mental illness, leading to the act. A probe to determine how the foreign body ended up in the man’s body is underway. The patient has not disclosed whether he inserted the gourd himself or if there was another reason.