Dispensary Corner 11 Nov 13
November 11, 2013
Winning the lottery didn’t slow
down a 67 year old UK man, who
scored £8 million in the Lotto
Lucky Dip last week.
Despite the massive windfall,
Ron Elliott was straight back to
work at his job at an aged care
centre the next morning.
“I went to work as normal
on Sunday. The residents are
90 years old and many have
dementia. I have to give them
their breakfast, do their laundry
and the housework,” he said.
“Because you work with old
people who rely on you, you can’t
just sort of take time off.”
What ethics committee
approved this?
A US man says he’s hoping to
be accepted into a medical trial
in which he will be paid a large
sum of money to have a testicular
replacement.
Details are sketchy, with Mark
Parisi revealing the plan during
a segment on the Extreme
Cheapskates reality show, which
highlights the extremes some
people will go to to save money.
“What you do is go in and you
donate one of your testicles, they
replace it with an artificial one
and when you check out after
14 days you get a cheque for
$35,000,” he enthused.
Parisi said it’s one of a number
of trials he’s participated in,
including one where he was
paid $5000 to test a medication
targeting the haemorrhagic Ebola
virus.
The Las Vegas man also
expressed his disappointment
in the Food and Drug
Administration’s cancellation of a
so-called “flatline” medical trial,
which would have involved a
simulated heart attack.
“What they do is stop your
heart for one minute, but you still
breathe ... stay there for 14 days
and they pay $25,000.
“But the FDA kind of stepped in
and stopped that,” he said.
The program will be shown on
the US TLC network next wee
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