Dispensary Corner 04 Nov 10
November 4, 2010
A BAD case of GORD?
Surgeons in Shanghai have
successfully completed an
operation on a 50-year-old man
to remove a chopstick which he
swallowed 28 years ago.
According to the China Daily
the man had thought the
implement had been completely
digested, but recently started
having stomach problems.
Doctors spotted the remains of
the chopstick, and in the
operation managed to extract it
through a small incision.
The report doesn’t state whether
the chopstick was made of wood
or plastic - or how he managed to
swallow it in the first place.
TWO dentists in the US state of
Pennsylvania are offering a
“candy buyback program” in the
wake of last weekend’s Halloween
celebrations.
Trick-or-treating traditionally
sees children amass lots of sticky
sweets, and the dentists Nalin
and Arpan Patel say they will pay
$1 per pound to anyone who
turns in their excess lollies.
The collected bounty will be
sent to US troops serving in the
Middle East.
“Not only will it save your teeth
- our troops that are serving our
country overseas will be able to
enjoy a Halloween away from
home,” the dentists said.
The US Census Bureau
estimates that Americans each
consume about 11kg of sweets a
year - most of it at Halloween.
URGENT first aid for a cat scratch
caused major delays on the New
Zealand rail network last week,
after the driver of a train in the
capital Wellington was attacked
by a stowaway feline.
A replacement driver had to be
summoned, with a spokesperson
for train operator KiwiRail saying
it was a most unusual incident.
“I spoke to the train manager
after his hand had been
bandaged and he said he had
been working in trains for four
decades and it was the first time
he had been attacked by a cat”.
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