Hey! Be Careful with that Alcohol!

OnyxCougar · 04-18-2005, 01:06 PM

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seattle police launched an investigation on Friday to determine how a patient undergoing emergency heart surgery caught on fire at a local hospital in 2003.

The male patient, who was not identified, went up in flames after alcohol poured on his skin was ignited by a surgical instrument.

The patient died after the surgery but that was due to heart failure and not the fire, said Dr. Robert Caplan, medical quality director of Virginia Mason.

Caplan said fires are known to occur in operating rooms although they were extremely rare.

The two-year-old incident became publicly known after an anonymous letter sent to the media mentioned it as a sign of unsafe health care at the hospital, and said the patient burned to death.

Caplan strongly disputed its contents. "That letter is factually incorrect," he said.

glatt · 04-18-2005, 01:26 PM

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Caplan strongly disputed its contents. "That letter is factually incorrect," he said.

He continued, "We did burn the patient, and he did die under our care, but the allegation that we burned him to death is OUTRAGEOUS!"

Trilby · 04-18-2005, 04:04 PM

Then Caplan went on to order a bowl of Wendy's Chili...and found...

xoxoxoBruce · 04-18-2005, 06:10 PM

Here's another one.

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A surgeon was removing a mole on his backside with an electric knife when the man broke wind, lighting a spark.
His genitals had been washed with surgical spirits and caught fire.
He's suing the hospital for pain and suffering and loss of income.

04-18-2005, 01:06 PM	#1
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	Hey! Be Careful with that Alcohol! SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seattle police launched an investigation on Friday to determine how a patient undergoing emergency heart surgery caught on fire at a local hospital in 2003. The male patient, who was not identified, went up in flames after alcohol poured on his skin was ignited by a surgical instrument. The patient died after the surgery but that was due to heart failure and not the fire, said Dr. Robert Caplan, medical quality director of Virginia Mason. Caplan said fires are known to occur in operating rooms although they were extremely rare. The two-year-old incident became publicly known after an anonymous letter sent to the media mentioned it as a sign of unsafe health care at the hospital, and said the patient burned to death. Caplan strongly disputed its contents. "That letter is factually incorrect," he said. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

04-18-2005, 04:04 PM	#3
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Then Caplan went on to order a bowl of Wendy's Chili...and found... __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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