Thursday, April 17, 2008

Surgeons laughed at spray can in bottom - and put clip on YouTube

Surgeons at a Philippines hospital are being probed after they allegedly filmed an operation in which a man had a spray can removed from his backside, then posted the footage on YouTube.

The video, which was taken down from the popular video-sharing website after several weeks, showed dozens of people in the operating theatre laughing and jeering as the surgeons removed the canister from the man's bottom.

The surgery was carried out at Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Centre in Cebu City, 585km south of Manila.

Hospital spokesman Emmanuel Gines said the 39-year-old patient would get an apology for the incident on January 3, which was being investigated.

The video was initially thought to be a hoax until the victim went to the media this week.

The man, a florist, said he ended up with the spray can inside him after insulting his partner's penis size.

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