The moral of this story is to avoid ‘amateurish’ doctors. Lao Du, a Chinese pensioner, has had a broken syringe needle finally removed from his behind after 31 years. He will finally be able to sit comfortably for the first time since 1978 thanks to Chief surgeon Fu Konglong, of Zhengzhou People’s Hospital who finally found the needle tip after three hours of surgery. He stated “It was very detailed work. We had to look for it in every muscle fibre.”
Lao Du recounts the story to Zhongyuan Network:
“I got a cold and went to see an amateurish doctor in my hometown village, but the needle broke off once it pierced my bum,” he said.
“I was sent to a provincial hospital immediately. After being hospitalised for nine days, doctors checked me but failed to find the broken needle.”
Lao Du said he always believed the broken needle was still in his bottom and four or five years ago he began to feel sharp pains regularly in his rear.
“Even walking has become a suffering to me,” he said.
“I sought help from too many hospitals but none of them dared to do the surgery for me as they are not quite sure if they can find a tiny broken needle from 31 years ago.”
[via Ananova]
