A five-year-old girl in northern China is hospitalised after accidentally swallowing a small gold bar weighing about 50 grams. Reports say she was brought to Beijing Children’s Hospital, affiliated with Capital Medicine University, around six hours after the incident and is treated following an X-ray assessment. The gold bar is described as about 4 centimetres long.
The case draws attention online, with some posts using a common Chinese term for children, “gold-devouring beasts,” in a literal and joking way. While outlets focus on the unusual nature of the object and the viral reaction, they also describe the medical response. NDTV characterises the girl’s condition as critical, while the Hong Kong-based outlet reports the hospital treatment details and timing.
Overall, both accounts confirm the same central facts: the girl swallows the gold bar, she reaches hospital care quickly, and doctors evaluate the situation using imaging before treatment.
