HEALTH● LOWAug 21 · Aug 21, 2026, 2:46 AM
Real-life ‘gold-devouring beast’: Chinese girl, 5, hospitalised after swallowing gold bar
South China Morning Post
A five-year-old girl in northern China accidentally swallowed a 50-gram gold bar, sparking viral jokes online that she took the mainland nickname for children – “gold-devouring beasts” – far too literally. The Beijing Children’s Hospital, affiliated with Capital Medicine University, reported the case that was treated on August 16. The girl was brought to the hospital after accidentally swallowing a small gold bar measuring 4cm in length and weighing 50 grams six hours prior. An X-ray revealed...
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