Friday, February 18, 2011

U.S. grandma leaves a gallstone in Taiwan

An American grandmother yesterday wound up a “marvelous” cruise trip to Taiwan after leaving a super-large gallstone at the Taipei Medical University Hospital (TMUH).

The grandmother, aged 71 and named Channa Eshett, was discharged from the hospital Feb. 22 after recovering from a surgical operation on Feb. 16, when doctors smoothly removed from her body a giant gallstone 2 centimeters in diameter, four to six times the diameter of ordinary gallstones measuring 0.3 to 0.5 centimeters.

“What a marvelous trip!” Eshett said. She expressed thanks to the doctors and nurses of the TMUH for their excellent medical services. “I love Taiwan, I love everyone here!”

Eshett and her husband were aboard the Ocean Princess Liner for a voyage to Asia more than 10 days ago. She unexpectedly felt a bellyache on Feb. 12 and was diagnosed to have cholecystitis, an inflammation of the gall bladder, after receiving medical treatment in Hong Kong.
As her stomachache lingered into Feb. 16, when the cruise liner anchored at the Keelung Harbor, she was rushed to the TMUH for examination and then underwent surgical operations to remove her gallstone.

Channa Eshett is seen gazing at a large gallstone taken from her stomach before leaving the Taipei Medical University Hospital yesterday. (Reproduced from TVBS & The China Post news)

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