An Indian surgeon removed a staggering number of gallstones from a 51-year-old patient, setting a new world record.

When Minati Mondal was transferred to Debdoot Sevayan Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal, in eastern India, she complained of acute abdominal pain.

Dr. Makhan Lala Saha, a gastroenterologist and endosurgeon, discovered that Mondal’s symptoms and acid reflux were caused by her gallbladder.

During an hour of laparoscopic surgery, Dr. Saha was able to remove 11,950 gallstones. The nurse took her time counting them all.

They stated that they expected a big number of gallstones, but they did not expect a new world record to be set.

“I was astounded to see the high number of stones that we retrieved from this patient’s gall bladder. I had no idea a gall bladder could house so many stones.

“It took my assistants four hours to count the quantity of stones ranging in size from 2mm to 5mm. It took us 50 minutes to get them out.”

Dr. Saha has requested that the specimen be kept at the Royal College of Pathologists in London.

“Two months earlier, I had operated on a female who had 1,110 stones yet despite the terrible figure, I read that in 1983, doctors in Britain had removed 3,110 stones from a German patient’s gall bladder.

“But, I believe this number can replace the previous record because it is three times higher.”

The patient was discharged from the hospital after a two-day stay and is doing well.

Gallstones are hardened digestive fluid deposits that can form in the gallbladder. They might be as little as a grain of sand or as huge as a golf ball. Gallstones can induce biliary colic, which is characterized by severe, excruciating pain in the upper right region of the belly.