Here is a story of 81-year-old Lithuanian Mr J. L. who a few weeks ago had to have a leg amputated due to diabetic complications, as happens far too often.
The hospital gave the leg to the family. The family was aghast and did not know what to do with it. So they went to the municipality who gave them permission to bury it in the family plot. 3 weeks later the owner died himself, and rejoined his leg.
Given that this story landed in the papers, one assumes that this is not how Lithuanian hospitals normally deal with these things. Or where they looking for a fee to dispose of the leg? What about then other body parts, appendices, breasts, tumours?
I suppose it's better than the incident in Scotland 8 or so years ago when a leg was found, chewed by foxes, under a bush in hospital grounds. That took a bit of explaining....
The hospital gave the leg to the family. The family was aghast and did not know what to do with it. So they went to the municipality who gave them permission to bury it in the family plot. 3 weeks later the owner died himself, and rejoined his leg.
Given that this story landed in the papers, one assumes that this is not how Lithuanian hospitals normally deal with these things. Or where they looking for a fee to dispose of the leg? What about then other body parts, appendices, breasts, tumours?
I suppose it's better than the incident in Scotland 8 or so years ago when a leg was found, chewed by foxes, under a bush in hospital grounds. That took a bit of explaining....
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