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  • Castro reportedly did not want colostomy

    01/17/2007 9:48:51 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 48 replies · 1,261+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/17/07 | Paul Haven - ap
    MADRID, Spain - Fidel Castro himself told surgeons not to perform a colostomy, opting instead for a course of surgery that produced a complication leaving the Cuban leader in far worse condition, according to a newspaper report Wednesday. After removing an inflamed piece of Castro's large intestine in an operation last year, the doctors connected the remainder directly to his rectum, rather than attaching a colostomy bag, El Pais said, quoting two medical sources at Madrid's Gregorio Maranon hospital. The operation failed when a suture burst. "The Cuban dictator and his advisers are the ones who decided on the surgical...