Man blows nose, yanks out cloth surgeon left behind
Goeran Rudolfsson was bothered by breathing congestion after having surgery for a brain tumor in June. Then, a month after the operation he blew his nose and out came a 31-inch silk cloth left in his head by his Swedish physicians. He pulled the entire rag out through his nose. Goeran's philosophical response to this bit of medical sloppiness? "In any case, they didn't amputate the wrong leg or ear."
(AP, The San Juan Star, Jul 17, 1997, p. 56)
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