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Wrong footed! Amputee sent home with two left feet after hospital fiasco
Daily Mail ^
| 2/11/10
| Jonathan Brocklebank
Posted on 02/11/2010 8:38:11 PM PST by Nachum
When Patrick Morrison left hospital after having his right foot amputated, he thought the sense of imbalance he felt would vanish once he got used to his newly fitted artificial foot.
But it was not until five months later, when he took off the protective socks, that he realised he had been given two left feet.
A prosthetic limb specialist had fitted an artificial left foot to his right leg - and failed to spot his mistake during two further check-ups.
The foot was also too big - made to fit a size nine shoe rather than a size eight.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: amputee; fiasco; footed; socializedmedicine; wrong
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posted on
02/11/2010 8:38:11 PM PST
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE...coming soon!
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posted on
02/11/2010 8:41:27 PM PST
by
americanophile
(TMO - Too Much Obama)
To: Nachum
My first instinct was UK, and I was right.
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posted on
02/11/2010 8:41:34 PM PST
by
Dumpster Baby
(Truth is called hate by those who hate the truth.)
To: Nachum
Could be a NASCAR driver ...
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posted on
02/11/2010 8:42:53 PM PST
by
clamper1797
(Would you hold my hand ... If I saw you in heaven ... to my angel in heaven)
To: Nachum
He was going to sue, but didn’t have a leg to stand on?
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posted on
02/11/2010 8:43:10 PM PST
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: Nachum
I wonder if he was a good dancer BEFORE he had two left feet. Well, nobody, except maybe the DemocRATS, ever said that socialized medicine was perfect.
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posted on
02/11/2010 8:43:24 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(If the CIA and NASA are going to "monitor climate change", why the hell do we need the EPA?)
To: Nachum
I’m reminded of the character Eugene Levy played in “Best In Show”.
To: Nachum
Sorry chum, it was in the wrong box.
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posted on
02/11/2010 8:44:40 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: Nachum
Sure hope that poor guy wasn’t planning to be some sort of ace socker player.
To: Nachum
Doncha just love socialized medicine? I can hardly wait.
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posted on
02/11/2010 8:46:10 PM PST
by
Ditter
To: Nachum
The usual Socialized Medicine story from Britain. These are reported daily, but are always covered up by the democrats and their media.
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posted on
02/11/2010 8:53:50 PM PST
by
FormerACLUmember
(The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. - H. L. Menken.)
To: Nachum
It could have been worse......
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posted on
02/11/2010 8:55:03 PM PST
by
massmike
(...So this is what happens when OJ's jury elects the president....)
To: Nachum
My favorite socialized medicine horror story is the one that was posted here last week about the poor guy who was allowed to die after suffering a heart attack. Some ditzy office clerk had placed a blank “do not resuscitate” form in his medical file. So they let him die. Ah! Don’t you just love communism?
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posted on
02/11/2010 8:56:09 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(If the CIA and NASA are going to "monitor climate change", why the hell do we need the EPA?)
To: Nachum
Close enough for government work.
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posted on
02/11/2010 8:57:16 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Nachum
A prosthetic limb specialist had fitted an artificial left foot to his right leg - and failed to spot his mistake during two further check-ups.Prosthetic limb specialist? I'd think your average first grader would have caught that. But it's also pretty odd that the amputee didn't actually look at his prosthetic foot for five months after acquiring it.
To: Nachum
The guy needs to look at the bright side.... he didn’t go in for a vasectomy.
He could have had a much more severe limp.
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posted on
02/11/2010 8:59:57 PM PST
by
Gator113
(Obama is America's First FAILED "light skinned African American [Pres-dent] with no Negro dialect..")
To: Cicero
Precisely the same thought that went through my mind...
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posted on
02/11/2010 9:00:09 PM PST
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: Nachum
I wish the British would stand up for themselves.
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posted on
02/11/2010 9:09:33 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: Nachum
A prosthetic limb specialist had fitted an artificial left foot to his right leg - and failed to spot his mistake during two further check-upsImpossible
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posted on
02/11/2010 9:10:20 PM PST
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: Nachum
dude must have been walking in circles.
We need to keep on top of this story. What are the chances his two left feet will be replaced with two right ones and a size seven to boot.
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