BENGALURU, March 2: A
45-year-old woman, who was
suffering from severe stomach
pain, had 99 stones removed
from her gallbladder at a government
district hospital in
Tumakuru, doctors said today.
Upon scanning, the doctors
found multiple gallbladder
stones besides swelling in the
anterior abdominal wall (umbilical
hernia).
Senior surgeon of the hospital,
Dr Wasim Imran said the
woman had multiple complications
posing many risks.
“She had incarcerated hernia,
gallbladder stones, diabetes,
hypertension, obesity and
cardiac problem. She was running
around to get operated but
due to her poverty, nobody offered
her any support....,” he
said.
Her husband is a daily wage
earner and their poor financial
condition stopped her from
getting operated in prestigious
hospitals in Bengaluru.
The operation on Wednesday
went on for almost two and
half hours, which required cutting
open her abdomen to remove
the gallbladder stones as
well as to operate the “incarcerated
hernia.”
Doctors said three stones
were of 12 mm size while others
ranged between four mm
and five mm. PTI
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