A hospital in Amnat Charoen has apologized for accidentally throwing a leg away in the wrong bin.
The Amnat Charoen Hospital confirmed with provincial officials that a random human leg found in a trash dump on Wednesday was amputated from a diabetic patient and incorrectly disposed.
“I have told every hospital in the province to be very careful about this,” provincial Deputy Governor Boonyuen Kamhong said in Khaosod English. “It could endanger public health if the limb of that patient was toxic. It could unwittingly lead to an epidemic.”
An unidentified doctor at the hospital “intended” to follow biowaste protocols, but somehow put it in a regular trash bag and it went out to the dump.
Boonyuen was glad nothing tried to eat the leg.
“It’s very fortunate that no stray dog found that leg first, otherwise it might spread some diseases among the dogs,” he said. “I am very concerned about this.”
Photo: Melissa Silem
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