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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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To: Dog Gone
They have a vasectomy room?
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posted on
08/21/2003 1:29:15 PM PDT
by
B Knotts
To: B Knotts
They didn't have enough otoscopes for every exam room, so they do the vasectomies in the room without one. After all, who would need his ear looked in when he's getting a vasectomy.
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posted on
08/21/2003 1:47:18 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Master of the single entendre)
To: Dog Gone
"an ear inflammation that got down to his testicles," I hate it when that happens.
To: Dog Gone
Reminds me of a limerick about a man from Nantucket...
To: Dog Gone
The important question is: did it cure his earache?!
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posted on
08/21/2003 1:53:25 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Go ahead, make my day and re-state the obvious! Again!)
To: KarlInOhio
Maybe they need to put a sign on the door:
VASECTOMY ROOM
DO NOT ENTER UNLESS YOU WANT A VASECTOMY
NO, REALLY!
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posted on
08/21/2003 1:56:29 PM PDT
by
B Knotts
To: Lazamataz
*ping*
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posted on
08/21/2003 1:57:03 PM PDT
by
B Knotts
To: Dog Gone
One hesitates to speculate about what would have gone missing had he had a nosebleed?
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posted on
08/21/2003 1:57:18 PM PDT
by
Taxman
To: Dog Gone
He was apparently happy to get the freebie.
To: GovernmentShrinker
He's lucky he didn't go into the hysterectomy room.
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posted on
08/21/2003 2:33:49 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Chad Fairbanks
Thanks for the ping.
I hadn't, uh, heard of this story.
Maybe the doctor thought he was operating on the ... COCHlea.
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08/21/2003 2:45:17 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
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To: annyokie; bedolido; Bloody Sam Roberts; Chad Fairbanks; Charles Henrickson; Constitution Day; ...
No need to get snippy about it.
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posted on
08/21/2003 2:47:55 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: Dog Gone
He's lucky he didn't go into the hysterectomy room. That would be hysterical.
To: Chad Fairbanks
With his stopped-up ear, he thought they were saying, "Testing--one, two. . . ."
To: stripes1776
This gives a new meaning to the phrase, "Stick it in your ear." Or, "Blow it out your ear!"
To: Allegra; Xenalyte; humblegunner
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 Maybe he had full coverage.
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posted on
08/21/2003 10:14:16 PM PDT
by
Bacon Man
(Bacon is never wrong but occasionally fried.)
To: Bacon Man
Maybe he had full coverage.
"My dentist always looks at my nads. I have full coverage."
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posted on
08/22/2003 5:57:33 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(I may not agree with your bumper sticker, but I'll defend to the death your right to stick it)
To: Xenalyte
"My dentist always looks at my nads. I have full coverage." Exactly what I was going for.
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posted on
08/22/2003 8:59:02 AM PDT
by
Bacon Man
(Bacon is never wrong but occasionally fried.)
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