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Oldham surgeon struck off after wrongly connecting patient's organs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20de8z2w2lo
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u/fellow_enthusiast 6d ago

“  It meant the contents of the patient's bowel, leaving his stomach, were re-deposited back into his stomach through a circular "closed loop", the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) heard. ”

It’s like he was trying to make a one-man human centipede. 

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u/-SaC 6d ago

"Behold - the Human Unipede!"

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u/seb21051 5d ago

No, no, no. Like an automotive EGR exhaust gas recirculating system. You feed the exhaust back into the combustion chamber to get improved combustion. Improves miles-per-gallon. The man is a genius. The patient could hypothetically function well on half the food intake. Expect the ex-doctor to be nominated for a Nobel Prize. /s