March 19, 2008
Headlines that compel you to read
Honestly, how can you not read the story beneath this headline?
Woman Goes for Leg Operation, Gets New Anus Instead A German retiree is taking a hospital to court after she went in for a leg operation and got a new anus instead, the Daily Telegraph is reporting.
The woman woke up to find she had been mixed up with another patient suffering from incontinence who was to have surgery on her sphincter.
The clinic in Hochfranken, Bavaria, has since suspended the surgical team.
Now the woman is planning to sue the hospital. She still needs the leg operation and is searching for another hospital to do it.
Crikey!
I know that surgical teams have taken to writing on patients, with arrows, "X"s and circles marking "Cut here!" and "Don't even think of cutting there" zones, but honestly, how do you draw a warning on your O-ring?
There's something so ... fundamentally wrong about this story.
Posted by Mike Lief at March 19, 2008 06:42 PM
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