Boba blockage: Taiwan hospital removes over 300 kidney stones from woman who prefers bubble tea to plain water (Poll Inside)

More than 300 kidney stones that looked like “small steamed buns” were removed through minimally invasive surgery. - CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTRE

SINGAPORE: A 20-year-old woman in Taiwan who simply could not resist bubble tea had to undergo surgery to remove more than 300 kidney stones, said the hospital.

The woman, whom the Chi Mei Medical Centre identified only as Xiao Yu, was admitted last week to the hospital in the city of Tainan, with a fever and severe pain in her lower back, according to an article on the hospital’s website on Dec 8.