Forceps Left Inside Patient Poked Through Navel When She Coughed
WHEN the French woman coughed the forceps left inside her by a doctor during a tummy tuck operation poked through her navel.
When she told surgeon Dr Bernard Dessapt, of Lyon’s Natecia Clinic, said that he had no need to remove the forceps right away because “another 24 hours would not change her life“.
Says the woman, known only as Anne:
“He’s still not apologised. He said these things happen and it’s just as well I’m at the end of my career. He said [the removal] was my St. Valentine’s present!”
Ammo head
THIS is a picture of a two-inch long live round of ammunition lodged in the head of living Afghan soldier. The US Air Force image stems from work by Radiologist Lt Col Anthony Terreri. He explained the patient and discovered that the shrapnel was in fact a 14.5mm unexploded round. Says he: “I saw that it was not solid metal on the inside. I then looked at the scout image and could see there was an air gap on one end and what looked almost like the tip of a tube of lipstick at the end and decided this didn’t look quite right.” Wearing body
Posted: 17th, February 2011 | In: Strange But True Comments (2) | TrackBack | Permalink
