WEIRD BUT TRUE
Pregnancy was certainly something this “mom to be” hadn’t planned on.
A patient who complained of agonizing abdominal pain got the blessed news despite being 71 years old – and a man.
Hospital administrators in Oregon said a mistake by a computer operator meant John Grady Pippen was sent this message: “Based on your visit today, we know you’re pregnant.”
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A patient in Tennessee got an even bigger shock when he woke after a circumcision – and found the surgeon had amputated his penis.
Doctors said they took the drastic action after discovering life-threatening cancer.
Philip Seaton, 61, is suing the hospital.
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Talk about a discount!
A British million-pound banknote is expected to sell for only 400,000 pounds ($736,000) when it goes on the auction block.
The note, believed to be one of only two left in existence, is no longer legal currency.
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A German farmer caused traffic chaos after setting off on a 175-mile road trip in his double-wide combine harvester.
Arnold Gerber, who has never had a license to drive a car, was pulled over by cops 30 miles into his journey.
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Dr. Joe Csarmaz is really committed to helping sick kids.
The 85-year-old Hungarian lives in a cardboard box after selling his house and all his possessions to raise $200,000 to buy equipment for the clinic where he used to work.
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German health chiefs are loading obese patients into cattle trucks because they can’t afford special ambulances.
A politician complained after seeing a 300-pound patient being loaded into a truck and covered with a tarpaulin.
“We don’t even treat animals like that,” he said.

