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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @03:54AM
Our local Buffalo News is owned by Buffet, seems to be holding a steady course. The coverage isn't quite as good as it used to be, but there are still reporters that go out and research stories. No huge change in political outlook, fairly moderate, they often endorse local candidates from different parties.
Recently a weekend feature is reprinting front pages from 50 years ago (Vietnam war and space-race news are prominent) and the difference is interesting. Back then the front page might have included a dozen stories and more little headlines pointing inside, these days it's more like five or six stories on the front page...in a larger font.