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Surgeon amputates patient's penis
A Romanian surgeon underwent a fit of madness while operating on a patient's testicles and cut off the man's penis and sliced it into three pieces, hospital officials said on Friday.
The surgeon, Naum Ciomu, was described as a senior member of the hospital staff and a professor of anatomy.
He had been operating on a 34-year-old man for a testicular malformation when he committed the act, the officials said.
"We are shocked by what has happened. It is the first time we have had such a case," said Sorin Oprescu, head of the Bucharest emergency hospital where the patient was rushed for emergency reconstructive surgery.
Romanian plastic surgeon Ioan Lascar said he would try to restore the man's urinary function, but that he was unlikely to recover normal sexual activity.
The medical council has banned Dr Ciomu from entering an operating theatre for two months pending the results of an investigation.
Meanwhile, the wife of the unfortunate patient said she was suing Dr Ciomu.
--AFP
A Romanian surgeon underwent a fit of madness while operating on a patient's testicles and cut off the man's penis and sliced it into three pieces, hospital officials said on Friday.
The surgeon, Naum Ciomu, was described as a senior member of the hospital staff and a professor of anatomy.
He had been operating on a 34-year-old man for a testicular malformation when he committed the act, the officials said.
"We are shocked by what has happened. It is the first time we have had such a case," said Sorin Oprescu, head of the Bucharest emergency hospital where the patient was rushed for emergency reconstructive surgery.
Romanian plastic surgeon Ioan Lascar said he would try to restore the man's urinary function, but that he was unlikely to recover normal sexual activity.
The medical council has banned Dr Ciomu from entering an operating theatre for two months pending the results of an investigation.
Meanwhile, the wife of the unfortunate patient said she was suing Dr Ciomu.
--AFP
