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Penis amputated 'by accident'
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Posted on 08/09/2002 4:19:01 AM PDT by Rodney King
Penis amputated 'by accident'
The surgeon has been arrested
A Mexican surgeon "accidentally" cut off the penis of a patient who had only come in for a circumcision. Federal agents in Tijuana have arrested Dr Francisco Javier Valentin y Ortiz, who worked at a state-run clinic.
He is accused of negligent injury, medical malpractice and performing surgery without the proper medical certification.
The alleged amputation happened in September 2000 when a man visited the clinic for a routine circumcision operation, in which only the foreskin of the penis is removed.
This is a relatively technically simple operation, which can be carried out under local anaesthetic with the patient allowed to go home shortly afterwards.
Risks include excessive bleeding - the removal of too much or too little skin, or cosmetic results which do not please the patient.
Full recovery requires four to six weeks of abstinence from sexual activity.
There are many reasons why adults may want to be circumcised, including medical conditions which make them prone to infection, and cultural or social reasons.
The name of the patient in this case has not been released.
Officials said that the arrested surgeon was licenced only as a general surgeon and not qualified to perform circumcisions, which require a specialisation in urology.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: calamarirings; chopsuehe; hotdogs; ouch; viennasausage
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To: hobbes1
sounds like someone a coupla zipcodes away could kiss it but that would NOT make it better.
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posted on
08/09/2002 5:19:27 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: Revelation 911
heheheh
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To: Revelation 911
Excuse me while I clean up my keyboard.....
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posted on
08/09/2002 5:25:50 AM PDT
by
Maringa
To: one_particular_harbour
you realize this is suspect, given you have also said you have a colleague named Richard Head, Esq. do ALL of these people live in Kentucky?
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posted on
08/09/2002 5:26:42 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: Rodney King
Paging Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard...
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posted on
08/09/2002 5:26:51 AM PDT
by
Jaxter
To: Rodney King
I wonder if this happen to W would he be happy with his $250,000 medical malpractice limit.
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posted on
08/09/2002 5:27:52 AM PDT
by
WKB
To: xsmommy
ounds like someone a coupla zipcodes away could kiss it but that would NOT make it better. OH, I don't know....Maybe that's what the doctor ordered...something in the 2203 series perhaps...
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posted on
08/09/2002 5:28:00 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
To: Rodney King
He must of not been wearing any protection.
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To: Rodney King
When I had my vasectomy, the Doc had a habit of whistling during the surgery. At least he didn't say "Ooops!"
To: Sen Jack S. Fogbound
When I had my vasectomy, the Doc had a habit of whistling during the surgery. At least he didn't say "Ooops!"
Whe I had mine the Dr. told me "I would have to relax". I told him "as long we were in this situation I was about as relaxed I was ever going to get!"
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posted on
08/09/2002 5:38:02 AM PDT
by
WKB
To: COB1; Scuttlebutt; razorback-bert; beowolf; Fred Mertz; LadyX; Snow Bunny; MistyCA; michigander; ...
You have to be careful when using a weedeater...
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posted on
08/09/2002 5:42:42 AM PDT
by
ofMagog
To: Rodney King
Dr. Francisco Javier Valentin y Ortiz A.K.A. Dr. Hack'em off.
To: Rodney King
How could this have been an accident?
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posted on
08/09/2002 5:54:25 AM PDT
by
FITZ
To: Jeff Chandler
Everybody together: "Hi Dr. Nick"....
bwahahahahaha....
NeverGore:^)
To: Rodney King
Reminds me of a story several years ago...
A man got into an argument with his girlfriend.
Wielding a knife, he muttered, "I'll show her!"
and he lopped off his own penis.
I guess that was a variant of 'cutting off your nose to spite your face.'
To: xsmommy
I have a wallet made out of foreskins removed during circumcisions.
If you stroke it, it turns into a briefcase.
To: Revelation 911
What's with the calimari?
To: ABG(anybody but Gore)
OUCH!! Hey!! Is you uh, John Boy?
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