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Swedish docs cleared over misplaced colon
The Local ^ | 7 | staff

Posted on 07/01/2009 1:49:47 PM PDT by Nachum

Health authorities in Sweden have decided not to punish two doctors who mistakenly stitched a 65-year-old patient’s bladder to his large intestine.

The faulty operation took place in January at Malmö University Hospital on a patient who had previously had surgery for an inflamed rectum following treatment for prostate cancer.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cleared; colon; docs; freepun; napl; socializedmedicine; swedish
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1 posted on 07/01/2009 1:49:48 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Well, at least they didn’t misplace the semi-colon.


2 posted on 07/01/2009 1:50:29 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: Nachum

: I found it.


3 posted on 07/01/2009 1:50:30 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: Nachum

Where do you find this stuff, Nachum?

Boots


4 posted on 07/01/2009 1:51:38 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Fili et Spiritus Sancti.)
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To: Nachum

Good Grief!


5 posted on 07/01/2009 1:52:43 PM PDT by RichardW
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To: Nachum
Hey, we all make mistakes.... mis-shifts happen.
See da tagline.
6 posted on 07/01/2009 1:52:52 PM PDT by theDentist (qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: MrB

I wonder how Victor Borge would have pronounced it?

7 posted on 07/01/2009 1:53:33 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: combat_boots
Where do you find this stuff, Nachum?

Oh... around, here and there. Usually in dark and creepy places that mortals fear to tread....

It also helps if you point at the computer and say "shazam!".

8 posted on 07/01/2009 1:55:36 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

Government tort reform?


9 posted on 07/01/2009 1:55:42 PM PDT by rhombus
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To: Nachum

:?


10 posted on 07/01/2009 1:56:11 PM PDT by saganite (What would Sully do?)
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To: Nachum
Alternate Headline:

Swedish docs cleared over: misplaced colon

;^)

11 posted on 07/01/2009 1:56:59 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Nachum

It’s those darned blond, blue-eyed white capitalists again, covering up for their colon(ialist) misdeeds ;-P


12 posted on 07/01/2009 1:57:20 PM PDT by rfp1234
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To: whatisthetruth; Checkers
Story about misplaced colon....never mind...it's not about Weiner.

Sorry for the ping

13 posted on 07/01/2009 1:57:32 PM PDT by lormand (Michael Wiener - faux Conservative, money bag for California democRATs)
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To: Nachum

Go for a colonic and get two cleaned for the price of one!


14 posted on 07/01/2009 1:58:47 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Nachum

Must have been a real pain in the asterisk. He’s lucky he wasn’t left in a comma.


15 posted on 07/01/2009 1:59:29 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: Nachum

Will Katie Couric cover this story?


16 posted on 07/01/2009 2:00:55 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: windcliff

Stiched his bladder to his intestine. Talk about piss poor performance. Fortunately for the doctors they are not in deep do do.


17 posted on 07/01/2009 2:01:55 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: dfwgator

She’ll conduct a probe as soon as she’s done probing herself.


18 posted on 07/01/2009 2:02:30 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: Nachum
Health authorities in Sweden have decided not to punish two doctors who mistakenly stitched a 65-year-old patient’s bladder to his large intestine.

Turns out, in real life, the stuff is not color-coded or labeled like in the medical books...

19 posted on 07/01/2009 2:04:18 PM PDT by Onelifetogive (See www.buyingapuppy.com for News on Dogs and Puppies)
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To: Nachum

Mistakes they: happen.


20 posted on 07/01/2009 2:04:18 PM PDT by steve-b (Intelligent design is to evolutionary biology what socialism is to free-market economics.)
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