Doctor fined for accidentally severing man's penis

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Jul 4, 2008 at 12:43 PM EDT

Story Updated: Jul 4, 2008 at 12:43 PM EDT

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court has ordered a Romanian surgeon to pay $795,000 in compensation to a patient whose penis he accidentally severed during an operation.

In July 2004, Dr. Naum Ciomu made a surgical error while operating on the man's testicles, severing the penis instead of making an incision to the testicle.

The Bucharest Magistrates Court ruled Friday that Ciomu had been "superficial" in his approach to the operation, ordered the fine and handed Ciomu a one-year suspended prison sentence. The ruling can be appealed.

A piece of muscle from the man's arm has now been attached to where his penis was, but its function is aesthetic.

"You don't have to be an expert to realize that the 33-year-old victim does not have a good state of mind," said Mihai Olariu, the victim's lawyer.

Tuesday, Jul 8 at 10:20 AM another thought wrote ...

finally some feed back that was funny!

Tuesday, Jul 8 at 9:46 AM Alfred E. Neuman wrote ...

Right out of Mad Magazine.

Tuesday, Jul 8 at 5:58 AM OUCH! wrote ...

Good state of mind? That's the last of his problems. LOL!

Monday, Jul 7 at 1:17 PM Tom wrote ...

or a penis for a penis

Monday, Jul 7 at 12:23 PM becky wrote ...

lol darn how could you accidentally severe someones penis in this case it should be an eye for a eye and a tooth for a tooth

Monday, Jul 7 at 11:36 AM Bill wrote ...

THere just isn't enough money

Sunday, Jul 6 at 3:23 PM Anonymous wrote ...

this is funny

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