This picture launched on March 22, 2024, by Metro UK reveals a physician holding an eel with medical gear throughout a surgical procedure in Vietnam. — Jaam PressSurgeons have been shocked to witness an uncommon occasion in Vietnam when an individual complaining of stomach ache got here to the hospital and let the medical consultants function on him.When the individual was admitted to a hospital within the province of Quang Ninh, he was groaning with extreme ache, in accordance with a Metro UK report. After the ultrasound and X-ray examination, docs discovered that he had some type of residing being in his physique. They might not establish it however solely may see that there have been punctures in his organ, inflicting swelling and immense ache. They determined to function the 34-year-old and found a 30cm-long eel — a narrow-bodied elongated fish — residing inside his physique.The operators efficiently eliminated the eel and the affected person has begun to recuperate from his criticism.The person couldn’t inform how the eel obtained inside his physique however in accordance with docs, it entered via his anus then into his gut earlier than making its solution to his stomach. The report quoted docs as saying that they have been shocked that the eel was alive as they eliminated it. Dr Pham Manh Hung was additionally quoted as saying: “It is a uncommon case, the rectum is a web site with considerable faecal matter and susceptible to an infection.”