Urologist slices perfectly ok penis January 19, 2007 6:49 PM Subscribe
Should have worked in a sushi bar. Newsoftheweirdfilter : before entering an hospital in order to have corrective surgery on your testicles, make sure your surgeon of choice isn't 1. slightly insane 2. short tempered 3.holding a scalpel (probably SFW, but may elicit a perpetual lack of trust in doctors). posted by elpapacito (39 comments total)
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Man, would you be upset to wake up and be told that. I want a YouTube link to his reaction. posted by 999 at 7:05 PM on January 19, 2007
It slices, it dices, it makes julienne fries. posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:10 PM on January 19, 2007
The court also ordered the hospital to pay $NZ56,858 costs to the man to pay for the operation to rebuild his penis using tissue from his arm.
Afterwards, Ciomu claimed he had been under stress and lost his temper after he accidentally cut the man's urinary channel and 'overreacted'.
i guess i'd be pissedwet your pants!
urinary!? damn near killed 'em!
ok i'm done. posted by nola at 7:34 PM on January 19, 2007
errr . . . html made my joke suck worse, never mind. i'll be in my room trying to get the stain out. posted by nola at 7:36 PM on January 19, 2007
In general, I'm opposed to the death penalty, but this doc ought to be hanged. posted by delmoi at 7:48 PM on January 19, 2007
It slices, it dices, it makes julienne fries circumcises. posted by furtive at 8:17 PM on January 19, 2007
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST! posted by Thoth at 8:24 PM on January 19, 2007
Is $NZ56,858 the same as NZD = New Zealand Dollars? If so, seems to be equal to $39,532.77 USD. Doesn't seem like much. Might have to compensate with income from the upcoming movies he'll be making (not to be released on Blu-ray!) posted by bomeezy at 8:31 PM on January 19, 2007
I have thrown things at work -- I'm no saint. But damn, dude, get a grip.
Wait.. scratch that last bit. No, hold that thought too.. ah, fuckit -- I'm dumbfounded. posted by Devils Rancher at 8:33 PM on January 19, 2007
And a little more. I was trying to find out what set the doc off - apparently he made a mistake in the surgery, and then took out his frustrations on what was formerly an animate object. posted by dilettante at 8:38 PM on January 19, 2007
Doctors' unions in Romania have criticised a decision to make a surgeon pay £100,000 in damages after he lost his temper and hacked off a patient's penis during surgery.
They should criticize that decision. £100,000 is hardly high enough. posted by caddis at 8:40 PM on January 19, 2007
Now that's comedy, folks! posted by leftcoastbob at 8:53 PM on January 19, 2007
Never mind the caption, how about the related items?!
* Wife rejects penis transplant
* Police seeking owner of penis
* Will anyone love me with my tiny penis?
* Man sues doctor for new foreskin
That is a cute title. posted by y2karl at 9:26 PM on January 19, 2007
I love the comments to the article in dilettante's second link: "If I get pissed off at my husband is it okay for me to cut his penis off cause I'm upset ???? NO and it is never okay for a Dr. [some one you trust] to do it either !!!!!!!!! This makes me sick I dont care how little they make people are entrusting them with there lifes and penises" posted by banishedimmortal at 10:06 PM on January 19, 2007
Ok, so you screwed up - then made sure that what you screwed up could never ever be compensated
a) fabricated story
b) dem Eastern Europeans are teh scary
c) working for too many hours straight surrounded by idiots posted by porpoise at 10:21 PM on January 19, 2007
The worst part is, that its being appealed. You would think the doctor would be like "yeah, okay, I cut off a man's penis in a fit of rage, I probably deserve this." posted by [insert clever name here] at 10:22 PM on January 19, 2007
no, the worst part is that he gets his license back in three years. posted by caddis at 10:25 PM on January 19, 2007
in situations like this there is something to be said for an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a .... posted by caddis at 8:17 AM on January 20, 2007
The penis, which was not attached to anybody, was found on the ground...
The alternative being "penis found on the ground.... well ok, there was a man attached to it"? (I suppose that would effectively reduce men to their most important organ.) posted by ClarissaWAM at 9:41 AM on January 20, 2007
Every time I hear a story about dick severance (probably not a cool porn name. A good WWE name and shtick, perhaps?) I think of a James Lee Burke novel where there was a midget hitman with no dick. He had some sort of tube or something. I don't remember the name of the book. I don't really want to Google it anymore, because after my initial search I got hit with a blinding flash of, "I'm probably the only person who's ever entered, " 'james lee burke' and 'midget no dick' " into Google.
God. At least I hope so. posted by Cyrano at 10:09 AM on January 20, 2007
To the shock of the nursing staff, he then placed the penis on the operating table and proceeded to chop it into small pieces before storming out of the theatre
Theatre?? posted by ORthey at 11:55 AM on January 20, 2007
Ah, yet another Romanian thread. It must be just me.
I called the wife into the room as I do with every Romanian thread and before I had half of the article's headline read aloud, she interrupted with "Oh, yeah. That's Dr. Ciomu. This happened back in 2004. He's famous in Romania. Everyone makes jokes about him. Every comedian has a Ciomu joke."
Much like John Wayne Bobbit, when a dick gets cut off, everyone makes jokes. posted by quite unimportant at 12:05 PM on January 20, 2007
They're called "operating rooms" in the US and "operating theatres" in Europe. posted by jesourie at 1:01 PM on January 20, 2007
There are only a few cases where "eye for an eye" justice is appropriate, but this is definitely one of them.
How professionally cold and distant would you have to be to think cutting off somebody's penis was an appropriate way of dealing with stress? This guy should never practice again. posted by tehloki at 3:12 PM on January 20, 2007
The fact that stuff like this happens even once a generation is why tort reform in America is unlikely.
In the US the compensation would have been in the 10's of millions, at least, and would involve everyone from the doctor back to his high school guidance counselor who first suggested medical school. I'm not saying that's right, but that's what would have happened. Certainly the doctor, hospital, nurses present, and chief of surgery would all be implicated.
Also, I think the victim should execute the doctor in the town square, and dare any judge or jury to convict him.
That the doctor would ever be allowed to practice again, even after 30 years, much less 3, shows how shamefully backwards the Romanian medical establishment is. posted by Ynoxas at 11:28 PM on January 20, 2007
I'm just quite surprised that the doctor hasn't been lynched by a mob of angry men yet. I know I would definitely pick up a pitchfork (or a pair of pinking shears, heh) for the cause. posted by tehloki at 12:58 AM on January 21, 2007
In the US the compensation would have been in the 10's of millions, at least, and would involve everyone from the doctor back to his high school guidance counselor who first suggested medical school. I'm not saying that's right, but that's what would have happened. Certainly the doctor, hospital, nurses present, and chief of surgery would all be implicated.
In the first example I could find, compensation may have been under or around $5M, but this and similar cases are used to point out certain flaws in tort reform (if you limit awards for pain and suffering or punitive damages, what happens to patients or surgeons like this? It's not like the patient's got much economic loss). I can't find anything to indicate either doctor went to jail, either. posted by dilettante at 1:15 PM on January 21, 2007
What amazes me is not that the doctor got away with just punitive damages of $161,945 but that the "material compensations" were only $3,444. I suspect most men would demand more money if you proposed cutting off their penis. Which leads to the question: how much would it take to have your dick chopped off permanently? Hmmm. posted by etoile at 12:35 PM on January 24, 2007
how much would it take to have your dick chopped off permanently? Hmmm.
It would take whatever it would cost to manufacture a Puppeteer "tasp" ala the Larry Niven novels... or a device of equal power that could simulate an endless orgasm. posted by tehloki at 4:17 PM on January 24, 2007
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