Eel Removed From Man's Rectum: Why Was Hospital Staff Reprimanded Following Strange Incident?

After an investigation was held surrounding the unnecessary retrieval of X-rays and information regarding a New Zealand man who had a living eel stuck up his behind, it is reported by the New Zealand website Stuff.co.nz that 33 hospital staff members have been disciplined for their wrongful actions.

In September of 2012, a New Zealand man was admitted into hospital care because a live eel was lodged inside him. Originally breaking the story, the New Zealand Herald reported that it was unclear how the eel wound up inside the man and that luckily for him, the eel was removed and no internal damage was done.

"Doctors and nurses have come across people with strange objects that have got stuck where they shouldn't be before, but an eel has to be a first," a hospital source told the Herald at the time.

Staff involved with the 2012 incident at the Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand have been given multiple verbal warnings, written warnings and some even lost their jobs due to a personal privacy breach.

While the former patient did not file any complaints himself according to Stuff, the Auckland District Health Board followed through with an investigation.

"The findings are disappointing, to say the least, but we are taking action to ensure compliance with Auckland DHB policy in future," said ADHB Chief Executive Ailsa Claire, noting respect for patient privacy should always be a primary goal for all hospital care staff.

Stuff also went on to report that an initial investigation surrounded a total of 49 hospital staff members while only 33 were eventually disciplined.

Fast forwarding to the present year, a similar story from the British Sun Newspaper broke last week when it was reported that a 39-year-old man suffered a similar accident in the Chinese province of Guangdong.

After watching a pornographic video in which a porn actor forces a living eel inside their body, this porn addict decided to try the same thing, using a 20-inch living eel.

Admitting himself to a local hospital, the unnamed man was lucky to have no internal damage following the removal of the eel. Upon the completion of surgery, the unfortunate eel did not survive.

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but does that include ingesting living creatures from the backside?

I doubt it.

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