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A martial arts enthusiast pulls a vehicle with a rope connected to his eye sockets during a performance in Hefei, Anhui province November 30, 2009. Picture taken November 30, 2009. REUTERS/China Daily

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    Fighting surgeons leave patient in the lurch

    BELGRADE
    Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:50am EST
    A surgeon works on a patient in Bangkok in a file photo. A routine appendix operation in Belgrade went badly wrong when two surgeons started fighting and stormed from the operating theater to settle their dispute outside, the daily Politika reported Wednesday. REUTERS/Cahiwat Subprasom

    BELGRADE (Reuters) - A routine appendix operation in Belgrade went badly wrong when two surgeons started fighting and stormed from the operating theater to settle their dispute outside, the daily Politika reported Wednesday.

    Oddly Enough

    Surgeon Spasoje Radulovic was operating when his colleague Dragan Vukanic entered and made a remark that started a quarrel, said the anesthesiologist on duty.

    "At one moment Vukanic pulled the ear of the operating doctor, slapped him in the face and walked out," she said.

    Radulovic followed and an all-out fight ensued, resulting in bruises, a split lip, loose teeth and a fractured finger.

    The operation was completed successfully by the attending assistant doctor.
    Oddly Enough


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