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Dream holiday turns to nightmare
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1241850.html ^
Posted on 01/12/2005 3:59:04 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
A German professor who went on a dream holiday to Costa Rica woke up in an airport departure lounge to find his leg had been amputated. He is now seeking to take legal action against the hospital in San Jose.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: amputated; costarica; german; holiday
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
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posted on
01/12/2005 4:01:37 PM PST
by
Ellesu
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Do they have a cap on medical malpractice awards in Costa Rica?
3
posted on
01/12/2005 4:03:10 PM PST
by
mlc9852
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
£200 for an amputation - not a bad deal.
4
posted on
01/12/2005 4:03:25 PM PST
by
keat
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
WTF OVER???!!?!??!
Do NOT leave the USA. I repeat, do NOT leave the USA. It ain't safe out there folks!!!
5
posted on
01/12/2005 4:04:31 PM PST
by
XMLViking
(.net rocks...are you there yet?)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
That's almost as bad a the urban legend of the girl waking up in the bathtub full of ice after her kidney was stolen.
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posted on
01/12/2005 4:05:02 PM PST
by
MKM1960
To: keat
£200 for an amputation - not a bad deal.
And free transportation to the airport - I don't know what he's complaining about.
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posted on
01/12/2005 4:05:30 PM PST
by
keat
To: mlc9852
Finally. A job for John Edwards.
8
posted on
01/12/2005 4:05:36 PM PST
by
lawdude
(Leftists see what they believe. Conservatives believe what they see.)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
I always thought a trip to Costa Rica would cost an arm and a leg.
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posted on
01/12/2005 4:06:37 PM PST
by
TheDon
(The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON)
To: keat
Sounds like a story from the Japanese Manga (comic book) series of the rouge surgeon who carrys a bag of tools around ....always ready to crack open a chest of someone waiting at the train station and do some bypass pipework.
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posted on
01/12/2005 4:06:38 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(Strategery + Schardenfreude = Stratenschardenfreudery)
To: XMLViking
Well, at least he kept his head.
11
posted on
01/12/2005 4:07:30 PM PST
by
Budge
(<><)
To: MKM1960
Did you ever see the movie about the reporter who goes to south America and ends up like that. Spooky.
12
posted on
01/12/2005 4:08:30 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Wow, kind of hard to believe that one. There's got to be important pieces of that puzzle missing.
13
posted on
01/12/2005 4:09:23 PM PST
by
MarineBrat
(The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools!)
To: MKM1960
That's almost as bad a the urban legend of the girl waking up in the bathtub full of ice after her kidney was stolen.
Or that one where the hooker uses her lipstick to write "welcome to the world of AIDS" on the hotel bathroom mirror just before she leaves her sleeping customer...
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posted on
01/12/2005 4:10:26 PM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(ErnBatavia, Coulter, Malkin, Ingraham....the ultimate Menage a Quatro)
To: MKM1960
Hey, that really happened to me. Only it was my liver.
I got better.
To: MKM1960
That's almost as bad a the urban legend of the girl waking up in the bathtub full of ice after her kidney was stolen.They made a Law and Order episode out of the kidney legend.
To: MKM1960
That's almost as bad a the urban legend of the girl waking up in the bathtub full of ice after her kidney was stolen.
That is exactly what went through my mind when I read the header.
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posted on
01/12/2005 4:13:05 PM PST
by
loboinok
(GUN CONTROL IS HITTING WHAT YOU AIM AT.)
To: keat
``£200 for an amputation - not a bad deal.``
You almost want to get one bc the price is so good. I often do that with underwear and sox when on sale.
18
posted on
01/12/2005 4:14:01 PM PST
by
mlbford2
("Never wrestle with a pig; you can't win, you just get filthy, and the pig loves it...")
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
"...He is now seeking to take legal action against the hospital in San Jose..."
He'll lose...he doesn't have a leg to stand on!!!
Geez, Freepers, I can't believe I was the first to think of that!!!
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posted on
01/12/2005 4:14:29 PM PST
by
baltodog
("Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston shot his balls off...")
To: lawdude
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posted on
01/12/2005 4:18:02 PM PST
by
mlc9852
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