Man Parts Surgery Oops

(London, England) A British NHS surgical and/or administrative error has left a man without the ability to procreate. The wrong testicular part was trimmed.

Doctors were supposed to cut away the patient's right epididymis - one of two narrow tubes connected to the testes which is used to store mature sperm.

But the patient's left epididymis was removed by mistake at the West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds.

Surgeons had to operate on his again to take out his other epididymis after the blunder was discovered and the man was left infertile.

Officials at the NHS hospital have refused to identify the man or confirm if he was paid compensation.

A major investigation was launched into the error and the hospital has now introduced more stringent procedures to stop it happening again.

Plans are to implement a policy of marking and verifying the sites to cut.