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Brazilian with earache gets vasectomy
Reuters ^
| August 21, 2003
Posted on 08/21/2003 12:34:10 PM PDT by Dog Gone
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A Brazilian man who went to a clinic to have an aching ear checked ended up having a vasectomy after mistakenly believing that the doctor had called his name.
A manager at the Doctor Jose Carlos de Espirito Santo clinic in the town of Montes Claros in southeastern Minas Gerais State told Reuters Wednesday Valdemar Lopes de Moraes, 39, entered the vasectomy room when Aldemar Aparecido Rodrigues' name was called.
"He was called by the full name and yet thought it was him. But the strangest thing is that he asked no questions when the doctor started preparations in the area which had so little to do with his ear," Vanessa Guimaraes said.
"He later explained that he thought it was an ear inflammation that got down to his testicles," she added.
De Moraes, a farmer who has two children, did not want to reverse the operation, performed last week, and showed up for an ear exam on Wednesday at the same clinic.
"A local newspaper said he is going to sue us, but he did not tell us about any claims," Guimaraes said.
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posted on
08/21/2003 12:34:11 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Dog Gone
A Brazilian man who went to a clinic to have an aching ear checked ended up having a vasectomy Good thing he didn't need his tonsils out...
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posted on
08/21/2003 12:35:28 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Arnold's positions are like the alien in Predator - you can't see them but you know they're lethal)
To: Dog Gone
Damn!
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posted on
08/21/2003 12:35:29 PM PDT
by
cjshapi
To: Dog Gone
Doh!
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posted on
08/21/2003 12:35:42 PM PDT
by
Spruce
To: Dog Gone
I got a Vasectomy -- there were signs that this guy should have noticed.
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posted on
08/21/2003 12:36:19 PM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(Save Traditional Marriage -- It's for the Children!)
To: martin_fierro
Hmmm... Maybe it's just me, but if I went in because of an earache, and the doctor got close to a certain region with a sharp object, I'd have to question the treatment...
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posted on
08/21/2003 12:37:50 PM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(They can have my machete when they pry it from your cold dead skull...)
To: Dog Gone
"He later explained that he thought it was an ear inflammation that got down to his testicles," she added.DOH!
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posted on
08/21/2003 12:38:42 PM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: dirtboy
"Good thing he didn't need his tonsils out ... "
And it's a good thing this moron has been eliminated from the gene pool. -- Give the guy a Darwin Award.
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posted on
08/21/2003 12:39:09 PM PDT
by
AngrySpud
To: Dog Gone
Wonder if they'll treat his earache for free?
To: Dog Gone
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posted on
08/21/2003 12:40:19 PM PDT
by
WestPacSailor
("Atomic batteries to power; turbines to speed....")
To: Dog Gone
"He later explained that he thought it was an ear inflammation that got down to his testicles," she added. Well, that explains everything!
To: Dog Gone
The vasectomy he got certainly forestalled any potential HEADaches he might have gotten down the road...
Michael
To: Wright is right!
Ouch. What I want to know is if this helped his problem at all!
Gum
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posted on
08/21/2003 12:45:50 PM PDT
by
ChewedGum
( http://king-of-fools.blogspot.com)
To: Dog Gone
All I want to know is what the guy who wanted a vasectomy thought when the doctor started looking in his ears...
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posted on
08/21/2003 12:46:31 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Arnold's positions are like the alien in Predator - you can't see them but you know they're lethal)
To: Dog Gone
"Hold muh...."...never mind.
LQ
To: Dog Gone
This gives a new meaning to the phrase, "Stick it in your ear."
To: dirtboy
I just pictured the guy from Verizon as the doctor holding "something" to his ear and yelling, "Can you hear me now?"
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posted on
08/21/2003 12:52:00 PM PDT
by
Shooter 2.5
(Don't punch holes in the lifeboat.)
To: Dog Gone
"He later explained that he thought it was an ear inflammation that got down to his testicles," she added. Happens all the time.
To: Shooter 2.5
Gives new meaning to the term 'mouthpiece'...
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posted on
08/21/2003 12:54:19 PM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(They can have my machete when they pry it from your cold dead skull...)
To: Xenalyte; humblegunner; Bacon Man
Watch out for those earaches...
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posted on
08/21/2003 1:26:42 PM PDT
by
Allegra
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