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French hospital treats man with shell up his rectum (www.ctvnews.ca)

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A hospital in Toulouse, southwest France, confirmed Sunday they had treated a man who was admitted with a shell lodged in his rectum -- after calling a bomb disposal team.

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[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Was reading about this on local news yesterday and it's already here?! Poor lad... Even with our stringent laws regarding patient confidentiality, it's gonna be hard to live it down.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

almost as hard as living with unexploded ordinance stuffed in your rectum.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 28 minutes ago (1 children)

On the plus side, he won't have to literally pay for it for the rest of his natural life. I wonder how much that would cost, in the US.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 25 minutes ago

the same amount it would cost when an unexploded ordinance explodes in your rectum.

an arm and a leg.