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Woman catches fire during hemorrhoid operation
The Local - Sweden's news in English ^
| 12 Dec 07
| Paul O'Mahony
Posted on 12/13/2007 6:46:39 PM PST by pa_dweller
Sweden's welfare board has criticized a hospital in Stockholm after a 40-year-old woman caught fire during a hemorrhoid operation, Aftonbladet reports.
While the woman's piles were successfully removed by doctors at Ersta Hospital, she ended up leaving the surgery in September with a partially burned backside.
In addition to the hemorrhoids, the woman was also in hospital to have a lump removed with the aid of electrosurgery. The accident took place after a nurse had cleaned the woman's skin with an antiseptic solution.
With some of the highly flammable liquid having trickled under the women's body, the patient caught fire when staff switched on the electrical current and began operating.
By the time the nurse succeeded in putting out the fire, the woman had been left with three red burn marks. She later made several return visits to the hospital in order to be treated for her new injuries.
The National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) has now ordered the hospital to draft a set of written procedures to ensure that patients are not exposed to similar risks in future.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Humor; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: combustiblekeester; yikes
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To: pa_dweller
I damn near choked reading this! I thought at first it was a methane explosion!
Poor thing. I hope she heals well.
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posted on
12/13/2007 7:12:25 PM PST
by
stboz
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I’m more upset about the castrated lion! I saw that one too. There's some weird stuff goin' on over there!
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posted on
12/13/2007 7:16:24 PM PST
by
pa_dweller
(South of the border - a phrase fast losing its meaning)
To: pa_dweller
Whoo Boy! this post was a hanging curve ball that our clever Freepers are hitting out of the park, I’m still in tears over “Fire In The Hole”
23
posted on
12/13/2007 7:19:40 PM PST
by
hatfieldmccoy
(Satan has a new name and it is Islam)
To: Cvengr
There's the burning sensation of hemorrhoids - and then there's this.
I wonder, is general anesthesia administered for this operation?
24
posted on
12/13/2007 7:21:52 PM PST
by
pa_dweller
(South of the border - a phrase fast losing its meaning)
To: cripplecreek
lol perfect comment!! haha
25
posted on
12/13/2007 7:22:32 PM PST
by
ovrtaxt
(Hunter is ignored by the MSM for a reason.)
To: pa_dweller
I’ve known some flaming arseholes in my life but....
26
posted on
12/13/2007 7:24:17 PM PST
by
Ronin
(Bushed out!!! Another tragic victim of BDS.)
To: pa_dweller
QUick! Get the sphincter extinguisher!!
27
posted on
12/13/2007 7:26:01 PM PST
by
ovrtaxt
(Hunter is ignored by the MSM for a reason.)
To: pa_dweller
I hate it when that happens.
28
posted on
12/13/2007 7:28:03 PM PST
by
rlmorel
(Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
To: hatfieldmccoy
Whoo Boy! this post was a hanging curve ball that our clever Freepers are hitting out of the park, I’m still in tears over “Fire In The Hole” I'm into dark humor, I wanted to see what ever inventive minds could make of such fertile material.
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posted on
12/13/2007 7:28:59 PM PST
by
pa_dweller
(South of the border - a phrase fast losing its meaning)
To: pa_dweller
no pix....was she hot?
(snort)
30
posted on
12/13/2007 7:30:38 PM PST
by
ZinGirl
To: ZinGirl
no pix....was she hot? Oh, you're bad.
Since you mentioned it I checked the Aftonbladet site but, naturally, it's all in Swedish so it's no use me trying to find anything there.
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posted on
12/13/2007 7:45:01 PM PST
by
pa_dweller
(South of the border - a phrase fast losing its meaning)
To: pa_dweller
well, then...we'll just say, "she was SMOKIN'!"
;)
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posted on
12/13/2007 7:49:26 PM PST
by
ZinGirl
To: pa_dweller
To: ZinGirl
The patient later exclaimed, “I came in with carpet, and left with linoleum!”
To: Slings and Arrows
35
posted on
12/13/2007 8:11:16 PM PST
by
GregoTX
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
To: pa_dweller
Wouldn’t that burn your ass?
36
posted on
12/13/2007 8:29:32 PM PST
by
dbacks
(Taglines for sale or rent.)
To: pa_dweller
Sweden's welfare board has criticized a hospital in Stockholm after a 40-year-old woman caught fire during a hemorrhoid operationOh, no, not that!
Anything but criticism - that's not allowed in a socialist country...
Ubelievable the ONLY consequence is criticism...
Here in the U.S., the patient would now be called the OWNER of said hospital...
37
posted on
12/13/2007 8:32:41 PM PST
by
NorCoGOP
To: dbacks
kicked in the afterburner
38
posted on
12/13/2007 8:33:26 PM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
To: cripplecreek
Best reply I’ve read all year!! LMBO!
39
posted on
12/13/2007 9:28:38 PM PST
by
ironmaidenPR2717
(If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out? Will Rogers)
To: pa_dweller
HER BROTHER
40
posted on
12/13/2007 9:57:02 PM PST
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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