Medical Intern Injects Patient With Olive Oil

[matcom]

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STEYR, Austria -- A medical intern at a western Austria hospital made a unique mistake.

Instead of injecting an elderly patient with antibiotics, he shot her up with olive oil. The woman was in the hospital to get her appendix removed.

Officials at Steyr Hospital said vials of the medicine and oil had been left at the bedside and the intern picked up the wrong one. The olive oil was supposed to have been used for a massage.

While the mix-up could have proved serious, officials say the patient is OK. She's in stable condition, and senior doctors say she won't suffer any serious complications.

http://www.wftv.com/newsofthestrange/3717872/detail.html

[soupkitchen]

1. And she can now speak fluent Italian

[billybob537]

3. Damn it

you beat me. I was gonna say " when informed of the mix up the Austrailian woman Said " mama mia!"

[papau]

2. She got better - so was it the garlic or the olive oil?

:-)

[underpants]

4. Well shiver me timbers