星期二 [ 2010-7-27 21:50:54 | watches1013 ]   In a weird world, someone's go FORGET the BP oil scandal, Bloody Sunday and the World Cup. The story that's fascinated me lately concerns two Leicestershire men whose legs were thrown away. Obviously, they'd been amputated first. And the patients wanted to keep them (their own legs, that is, not each others') but surgeons said no. You're probably expecting me to poke fun. You might be confusing me with the old grump who writes here under my name occasionally, railing against daddancing, cucumbers and the grime behind cookers. But the plight of Bob Brownlow and Gareth Ferrin is too tragic for levity. I can't imagine anything worse, short of having a terminal illness, than losing a limb. So let me assure you there'll be no cheap gags about people being stumped or knee-jerk reactions or not having a leg to stand on. Bob's right leg had been amputated after he caught an infection following knee replacement surgery. Gareth lost both legs because of complications arising from spina bifida. Both asked if they could take their legs home after amputation. Instead, the limbs were incinerated as clinical waste. Replica Accutron Watches "It was dropped in a yellow sack with all the other swabs and sent off to be burnt," said Bob. "That leg has been mine for 50 years. It's part of me and, though people might think it strange, I wanted to be buried with it as a complete person." As Gareth put it: "Somebody owns their legs whether they are attached or not." You might think a surgeon would pop the severed limb at the foot of the bed - the first thing the patient saw when he awoke from anaesthetic; with a little ribbon, perhaps. You might wonder what the unfortunate amputees would do with their legs once they got them home. Mount them in display cases on the mantelpiece? Stick them in the freezer with labels saying "do not eat"? But not Panerai Ferrari Scuderia Flyback Mens Watch FER00014 I because, bizarre as Bob and Gareth's, erm, stance might seem, I can see their point. If we don't own our bodies, what do we own? I bet David Cameron didn't think of this when he promised to increase personal freedom. Even the medical authorities are in uncharted waters. As a spokeswoman for the hospital said: "It's very rare for a patient to ask to keep a body part following its removal. We would deal with such requests on an individual basis." That's nice to know. Perhaps they'll reword the consent-to- surgery form along the lines of: Please tick Box A if you'd like to take your body part with you when you leave hospital: If you ticked Box A, please choose a style of container: A, luxury. B, standard, C, economy. Now indicate your choice of delivery: A, courier. B, bus. C, post. The Government's Human Tissue Authority had never heard of an amputee wanting to keep a limb and says the law does not address the issue. "If it is a diseased limb," said a spokesman, "one would imagine a hospital would be right to dispose of it on health grounds, and why would a limb be removed if it was not infected in some way?" I'm sure we could trust our legal system to sort out disputes over what is and what isn't an infected limb, don't you? The ensuing court cases would make enthralling reading. Replica Rolex Watches There is, however, a danger of opening Pandora's box. We m Wow gold!: Wow gold Wow gold 浏览(60) | 回复(0) |