Posted on 12/29/2010 1:06:41 PM PST by Tarantulas
A Swedish man was forced to have his penis amputated after waiting more than a year to learn he had cancer.
The man, who is in his sixties, first visited a local clinic in Blekinge in southern Sweden in September 2009 for treatment of a urinary tract infection, the local Blekinge Läns Tidning (BLT) reported.
When he returned in March 2010 complaining of foreskin irritation, the doctor on duty at the time diagnosed the problem as a simple case of inflammation.
After three weeks passed without the prescribed treatment alleviating the man’s condition, he was instructed to seek further treatment at Blekinge Hospital.
But it took five months before he was able to schedule an appointment at the hospital.
When he finally met with doctors at the hospital, the man was informed he had cancer and his penis would have to be removed.
It remains unclear if the man would have been able to keep his penis had the cancer been detected sooner.
The matter has now been reported to the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) under Sweden’s Lex Maria laws, the informal name used to refer to regulations governing the reporting of injuries or incidents in the Swedish health care system.
That comment is worth reading.
LET THE PUNS BEGIN!
That is going to leave a mark.
"vanderder un sposenficht uen pee pee"
I knew it was going to cost an arm and a leg but....?
But, but, but, it’s FREE so that no one goes without medical care.
Let the health care system remain a private free market system. If a person gets sick let him pay out of his own pocket to visit a doctor if he wishes. Or if he’s employed and his employer provides health insurance, or if he provides his own insurance so be it. If the taxpayers wish to provide low cost, subsidized, or even free services for the unemployed or the poor so be it. But leave the rest of us ALONE!!
He’s in his 60’s. Probably wasn’t doing much with it anyway.............../s
Damn. That's the first time I've ever heard of THAT.
YIKES.
Poor guy got shafted.
I hate it when my dink gets cut off by mistake.
It luuks leeke-a thees puur Sfee ves feectimized by a cummooneest pecker checker. Hurty flurty schnipp schnipp!
Ooh, zee hoomuneety! It’s un inseediuoos plut, tu be-a soore-a.
Hefe-a yuoo ifer seee a Svedeesh pecker-checker dreenk a gless ooff veter? Nu, zeey dreenk oonly poore-a fudka.
Zee veter in Svedee nut oonly pullootes zee preceeuoos budeely flooeeds ooff hermless Svedeesh mee, it ettecke-a zeeur peters.
Um gesh dee bork, bork!*
We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle
All night long
We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle
All night long
All night long
People freak out when you light your head on fire.
I use sterno.
Damn, every pun I think of is banning material.
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