Chitwan, Mar. 3: A 12-kilogram tumour was extracted through surgery from the stomach of 70-year-old Chandra Kala Magar of Banglung at B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital.

According to director of hospital Sampurnananda Dhungana, it took about three and half hours to extract the 7 pieces of the tumour covered by thick hairs and other semi-liquid substances.

The surgery was done by surgeon at the hospital Bhaktaman Shrestha with the help of a team comprising Chinese surgeons C.U. Linko and Liko, surgeon Dayaram Lamsal and anaesthetist Abha Prasai.

The patient who had been suffering from pain in abdomen since the past l0 years had developed about a kilogram of tiny bones in the abdomen.