'Human piggy bank' spills all in Thailand

Bangkok: -- It was almost like breaking open a piggy bank.

Doctors performing emergency surgery on a man who was rushed to hospital writhing in pain were stunned when more than two kilograms of loose change spilled out of his stomach.

Sanguan Pongsawat, 37, who has a history of mental disorders, was operated on in the northern town of Payao on Tuesday, said Dr Sakchai Athawiboon of the Payao hospital.

Sakchai said that Sanguan, who lived with his mother, had been swallowing the coins for a long time without her knowledge.

"He is in safe condition. But he has to be in the hospital for some time in case of side effects because the metal coins had been in his body for a long time," Sakchai said on Wednesday.

The coins had turned black from stomach acid.

Sanguan was in excruciating pain on Tuesday and was taken to a hospital, where an X-ray showed hard objects in his stomach. They weren't identified until the surgery.

Payao is about 600km north of Bangkok.

-- Sapa-AP 2004-09-01

Some farang must have told him "put your money where mouth is". ###### farang.

Brings new meaning to the phrase " cash on the hip"

Or some Thai farmer told him to eat a stang and it would grow into a money tree

hahaha

If he had been doing it for some time he probably had to "reinvest"some of the coins he shat out during the course of his banking tenure.

There are better ways to plan for health Insurance !

Well I guess he was banking on the doctors solving his problem.

Interesting that the diagnostic skill were not up to seeing the problem on the x-ray. They had to cut him open, when a good dose of senna woujld have changed everything.

turned out to be a BAD investment

How's the guy doing now?

Still no CHANGE.

he'll soon get a clean BILL of health.

Mr Bojangles !?