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Posted on January 20 , 2010

I will never understand rss

I will never understand how a person can bring himself to do certain things that for me are simply unimaginable. One night we get a call from the paramedics announcing that they’re bringing a guy for suicidal attempt by stabbing himself multiple times to the chest and testicles. Those few words are enough to make us imagine so many things. To remove a testicle you have to cut through the meat, that can’t be possible in terms of pain toleration. The patient most probably stabbed himself ince in the area.

Well, the patient arrives wide awake chanting praises to the Lord. He admits having swallowed all of his psychiatric medication and he brought his 12 empty bottles to prove it. Both of his wrists were slashed, multiple stab wounds were found on the abdomen and chest, including a succion wound on the left lung, and finally the complete removal of his scrotum, brought to us wrapped in a plastic container.

Didn’t take long for the patient to not feel so good. I was expecting him to go directly to OR, but instead the doctors preffered to scan him and evaluate the necessity of such procedure. Eventually, he did have surgery that night and survived.

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