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  • Man loses legs to 'superbug'

    09/01/2003 3:10:56 PM PDT · by alnitak · 14 replies · 237+ views
    The BBC ^ | Monday, 1 September, 2003, 19:34 GMT 20:34 UK | unknown
    An engineer has had both legs amputated after contracting a so-called 'superbug' after going into hospital to have treatment to an infected foot. Deryk Unger, from Glynneath, went into the now-closed Neath General Hospital to have minor cuts to his feet treated. Mr Unger twice contracted the so-called hospital 'superbug', MRSA, and ultimately had to have both legs amputated below the knee. In its simple form, the bacteria is found in 30% of the population and is usually harmless. They took the big toe off and it still didn't heal, so they had to cut the other leg off Deryk...
  • Italy: Algerian Man Who Nearly Lost Hand Vanishes (possible sharia amputation)

    01/06/2003 3:02:17 PM PST · by knighthawk · 3 replies · 265+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | January 06 2003
    ROME (Reuters) - A man found with his left hand almost severed late on New Year's Eve in the Italian city of Turin slipped out of hospital on Saturday before police could find out what happened to him, his doctor said. Police initially said they were investigating the possibility that the young man, who said he was from Algeria, had been the victim of a punishment under Islamic law, which prescribes amputation as a penalty for certain crimes. The man had no papers but identified himself as Faod Salih and said he was 18. He told doctors and police he...