Doctors successfully extracted a magnetic toy fish from the stomach of a 4-year-old boy after he swallowed it. Photo shows a magnetic fish toy that was swallowed by a child in Ufa, Russia, undated. The fish was removed by doctors. (@minzdrav_02/Newsflash) The magnetic fish, which can be seen in one…
A 620-lb man who lived on a sofa and had not left his remote home in five years has been found dead from a heart attack. Photo shows Leonid Andreev, undated. Andreev, from Tyumen, Russia, reportedly died of a heart attack caused by excess weight. (Newsflash) The body of Leonid…
Surgeons have removed large amounts of polyurethane insulation foam from the stomach of a teenager who complained about abdominal pain. Picture shows polyurethane building foam in the Regional Children's Clinical Hospital, Orenburg, Russia, undated. Surgeons discovered and removed it from the full stomach of unnamed teenager, 13. (@odkb56/Newsflash) Medics at…
A woman so scared of dentists that she let her jaw rot rather than go to surgery is recovering after a marathon reconstruction operation in Russia. https://filedn.eu/lhVNGNsizwl5t7THnzzJ2c8/New%20public/CEN-RottenJaw-01.mp4 The 45-year-old patient was in agony when she arrived at the surgery in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny, in Russia, with part of…
Doctors were left in shock when they discovered a six-centimetre knife blade embedded in a patient's shoulder when he turned up complaining about pain. Photo shows the x-ray image of the shoulder of a man, undated. A six-centimeter-long fragment of a metal knife blade was removed from the man’s shoulder…
A one-and-a-half-year-old boy's life was saved by a team of surgeons who removed 15 magnets from his intestines that he accidentally swallowed, causing a septic shock. Photo shows magnets swallowed by a child in Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast, Russia, undated. The magnets were removed from the child's intestines. (Russian Ministry of…
An 80-year-old woman has been living with a three-centimetre-long needle in her brain that was intended to kill her at birth, amazed medics have discovered. The woman, who has not been named, had been undergoing a CT scan when the needle was found. Bue the gruesome truth of the discovery…
A doctor who used the wrong sperm in a couple's botched IVF op that left them with a Down's Syndrome baby will not be prosecuted despite accusing the wife of cheating after tests revealed her husband could not be the father. Photo shows Elena Samarina and Alexander Lysenko, undated. Their…
A tattoo artist turned doctor has told how she hides her inkings under her medical scrubs so she does not scare off patients in her ambulance in Russia. Photo shows Elizaveta Mogilkina, undated. Mogilkina, a general practitioner from Irkutsk, Russia, is covered from head to toe with tattoos. (@mogilkinaliza/Newsflash) Blonde…
A husband whose beautiful banker wife ended up unable to remember anything for more than a day after a hospital visit is fighting for a happy ending just like in the Drew Barrymore film "50 First Dates". Photo shows Maria Polischuk, with her husband, Gennady Ishmulov, and their children, undated.…