In a fit of anger with her family, a 31-year-old woman in Dak Lak Province swallowed 25 VND500,000 banknotes (worth $551.88) that had to be surgically removed.

 

The Central Highlands General Hospital. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Oanh

 

On Saturday afternoon, the woman, whose name has not been revealed, was brought to the Central Highlands General Hospital, agitated but conscious.

 

VN Express reported that a doctor picked up thirteen banknotes after doing an endoscopy.

 

Next, the patient was transferred to the operating room, anesthetized, and the remaining twelve notes were removed from her stomach.

 

The patient was recovering well after the surgery, doctors said.

 

A senior doctor at the hospital said this was a rare case.

 

If the money had not been taken out in time, serious complications like intestinal obstruction or damage to the intestinal wall may have occurred, he added.

 

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