MirrorUK: A patient has been left badly burnt after she farted during surgery and caused a laser to burst into flames.
The unnamed woman, in her 30s, was undergoing surgery at Tokyo Medical University Hospital which involved a laser being applied to her cervix.
But as the operation was being carried out in the Shinjuku Ward she passed wind – sparking a fire, according to Japanese newspaper The Ashai Shimbun.
She was left screaming in agony after the fire burnt most of her body, waist and legs, according to a report into the incident.
The horrifying event happened on April 15 this year at the hospital in the Japanese capital. MORE
Now has very sore stinky winky..
Howard Stern would be jealous.
What the hell did she eat?!?!
Boy was my face red..
Cue an ambitious lawsuit against the medical equipment manufacturer. Shoulda known that laser could ignite flatus.
This is the kind of story that I expect to find on IOTW and that’s why I come here.
I just sent it in this link before opening this page.
I see I’m not the only juvenile here.
Maybe her “system” should have
been flushed before surgery no?
good wasabi and suishi make burning sensation long time….
Beano, stat!
I doubt that the “laser…burst into flames” but rather the laser ignited the fart, which then ignited the surgical drape. It seems to me that the hospital OR might be liable for using flammable materials near high-powered laser devices, and the surgeon for not using some form of ventilation to prevent fart fires.
Only you can prevent fart fires.
No beans or cabbage after midnight before surgery.
I just laughed so hard at the mental image of this, that I should just report straight to Hell now.
It’ll probably take another one of these before Japan surrenders…