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"A former soldier cut off two of his gangrene-ridden toes with a pair of tin metal pliers without anesthetic in his living room after becoming frustrated at a six-week delay to being operated on by the National Health Service (NHS)."
[...] "He says he eventually developed gangrene and his doctor said his infected toes would have to be removed. Rather than wait six weeks for the operation, Dibbins took matters into his own hands.
He says the operation, performed without pain killers and in his living room while biting on a rolled up towel, took about an hour. His wife of 40 years was in the house but says she did not want to look.
“Knowing that it would take at least another six weeks to get me in front of a surgeon again, that’s when I bit the bullet and cut off the toes,” Dibbins told the North Devon Journal.
“I did it because it’s what had to be done. My doctor told me my toes were going to kill me."
https://www.rt.com/uk/364152-gangrene-frostbite-toes-cut/
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday October 29 2016, @11:11PM
Speaking of growing like a cancer, what are the effects of refugees and other unskilled dead-weight on Britain's healthcare system?
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Saturday October 29 2016, @11:14PM
Insignificant.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @10:56AM
Speaking of growing like cancer, how'd that Iraq war turn out for you guys?
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday October 30 2016, @04:54PM
Pretty shitty, but then again, I was always against both the Iraq war and opening the floodgates to refugee scum.