Tuesday, April 17, 2012

UK: medical fail, typo win

The complete removal of a UK woman's stomach, to remove what was believed to be a cancerous tumour, turns out to have been unnecessary; pathology confirmed the mass was benign.

A very sad story, I hear you say, if perhaps a little off-topic? Ah, yes - but wait, there's more.

In the article, we have this gem, a textbook case of an accidentally humorous typo:
An undisclosed payment will be used to finance care and support for the remainder of the woman...

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