Category: News and Views
Flatulence sets hospital on fire
Date: May 14 2006
A PATIENT'S flatulence has been blamed for bringing his hemorrhoid operation
to a fiery end. The man suffered minor burns in a brief but dramatic
operating
theatre fire.
The patient was at the Southern Cross Hospital in Invercargill, New Zealand,
to have hemorrhoids removed when the accident happened.
A hospital source said there was a sort of flash fire. The hospital
confirmed a fire did occur, and has ordered an investigation.