NHS pays out £1million in compensation to men who have had the wrong TESTICLE removed

Britain’s NHS pays out £1million in compensation to men who have had the wrong TESTICLE removed. “In most cases the men didn’t need surgery at all and in others surgeons also had to remove the second testicle.” What was that Obama said about US doctors lopping off arms and legs because they’re greedy? Sounds like gubbermint-run healthcare will fix that problem okey-dokey.

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  • I hope they didn't waste it. Give it to congress, where there seems to be a shortage of testicles en masse.

  • Fortunately for all involved, the good doctors at Mt. Sinai in Milwaukee didn't screw up when, just before his 23rd birthday, my son, the future doctor of neurosciences, had his cancerous left testicle removed. Both his daughters are evidence to their success. That was a bit more than 10 years ago now. A frightful, fitful time for his dad and certainly he had a worse time of it.

  • You can see how this might happen. Nobody wants to touch another man's nuts, not even doctors. So they close their eyes, lurch in with the scalpel, and get it done as fast as they can so they can go wash their hands. It's a recipe for disaster. And a situation that needs to be fixed.