VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors at Thong Nhat General Hospital in Bien Hoa City of the southern province of Dong Nai have removed 165 broken needles from the left shoulder of a 30-year-old woman from Thong Nhat District.

Patient Le Thi My in hospital.

The needles taken from the woman’s shoulder. Photo provided by the hospital

Five days ago, My was brought to the hospital in an emergency, with a serious wound of 4 cm2 on the left shoulder. The wound was infected and full of pus, with foreign bodies inside.

Doctors performed surgery and took out 165 broken needles.

Mr. Le Van Tan, 60, the patient’s father, said his daughter suffers from schizophrenia. Every day, all of the family members go to work, leaving My home alone. The woman broke the needles and put small pieces of the needles into her left shoulder.

"My family does not know where did she get the needles and when she put them into her shoulder. Only when My complained of pain and the wound got infected did we then take her to the hospital and found out about the needles," the father said.

Her wound has healed.

Linh Nhat