Over 1.5 kg ornaments and coins were removed from the stomach of a mentally unstable woman at a government hospital in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, a doctor said. Ninety coins in the denomination of ₹ 5 and ₹10 and ornaments such as chains, nose rings, earrings, bangles, anklets, wrist bands, and watches were found in the stomach of the 26-year-old, said the Head of the Surgery Department at Rampurhat Government Medical College and Hospital. “The ornaments were mostly made of copper and brass but some gold jewellery were also there,” he said after the surgery on Wednesday. The woman’s mother said she noticed ornaments disappearing from their home in Margram village but whenever the family questioned her, she used to start crying.

“For past few days she was throwing up after having every meal,” the mother said. She said her daughter got the coins from her brother’s shop. “We used to…