Doctor missed 45 stab wounds

Ananova ^ | 11/18/2004 | Staff

[Red Badger]

A doctor called to the death bed of an 87-year-old man failed to notice he had been stabbed 45 times.

The doctor, who had several house calls to make, pronounced the cause of death as "old age".

The dead man's wife had called the doctor to their house in Riga, Latvia, but according to local media was "too shocked" to tell him what had happened.

The doctor presumed the octogenarian had died in his sleep without checking the body.

His mistake was only revealed when workers at a funeral parlour in the Latvian capital began to prepare the body for cremation and discovered 45 stab wounds.

Police are now questioning the unnamed couple's 33-year-old neighbour in connection with the murder.

[Red Badger]

He's dead, Jim......

[July 4th]

Note to self: Riga, Latvia may not be the best place to seek medical care.

[cripplecreek]

Holey Latvians batman!!!!

[JennysCool]

Asked if he could determine a cause of death, the doctor said, "I'll take a stab at it."

[mountaineer]

It's Bush's fault.

[Prime Choice]

It's said that somewhere there must be a doctor who was last in his graduating class.

I'd say we found him.

[Happygal]

You can't make this stuff up!

[cripplecreek]

The worst case of "Riga mortis" ive ever seen.

[Larry Lucido]

A doctor called to the death bed of an 87-year-old man failed to notice he had been stabbed 45 times.

I think I would notice if I had been stabbed 45 times on my way to see a dead man.

[Osage Orange]

Same Doctor that did the autopsy on Ron Brown?

[OXENinFLA]

Ummmmmmmmmmmm

No blood?

[TheBigB]

The Doctor, coincidentally, was a relative of Hans Blix. :^)

[Constitution Day]

The worst case of "Riga mortis" ive ever seen.

ROTFLMAO!!

[ladtx]

Asked if he could determine a cause of death, the doctor said, "I'll take a stab at it."

You're pretty sharp. That's a rather pointed remark.

[kendu]

worst case of suicide to date

[Constitution Day]

That's Hans Brix!

[Angry Republican]

Idiot.

[anniegetyourgun]

The wife was "too shocked" to tell the doc what happened? Perhaps pointing might have worked? A game of charades, perhaps? Politely asking the doc to turn him over? None of this makes sense.....

Oh wait, it's annanova.....

[TheBigB]

Gotta love Fridays. :^)

[IStillBelieve]

Well, I can see a busy doctor overlooking a couple dozen stab wounds -- but 45? Smarten up, doc! ;-)

[TheBigB]

You gotta see this...

[gortklattu]

He's dead of old age....hey, why is the floor so sticky?

[shubi]

Spit take!

[OSHA]

If you think that's funny try 9 charged in restaurant raids 5 accused of using illegal immigrants in Chinese buffets..

[csvset]

Hello everybody.

[Mr. Jeeves]

A doctor called to the death bed of an 87-year-old man failed to notice he had been stabbed 45 times.

I think Hillary's got a job over here for this guy: attending to Arkancide victims. ;)

[eno_]

HELLO DOCTOR NICK!

[waverna]

Fahmi Malek? (sp)

[Pontiac]

No blood?

If the man were to bleed out before blankets were thrown over the body all of the blood would be under the body and would not soak through the blankets.

Also the body could be moved to the bed after death. The blood would be else where.

[Manic_Episode]

"I thought he died if old age....while eating spaghetti with ketchup and strawberry jam and cherry soda and bbq ribs."

[OXENinFLA]

Reminds me of an old ROSEANNE episode where they have a salesman die at their kitchen table.

They can't move the body until the corner pronounces him dead, just so happens the corner is out golfing and it takes him hours to get there.

Finally he comes in, looks at the guy grabs his wrist to check for a pulse and says "Yup, he's dead"

[discipler]

Yes, but I still say it was the old age.

[monday]

"Note to self: Riga, Latvia may not be the best place to seek medical care.'


Considering the wife wouldn't speak and obviously the man couldn't speak, it makes sense. The guy was 87. Old age is what most 87 year olds die of. At least he made a house call. Thats more than you could get a doctor to do in America.

[Badray]

"Asked if he could determine a cause of death, the doctor said, "I'll take a stab at it."

45 stabs at it, apparently. LOL

[lilylangtree]

Elvis has left the building.

[Cicero]

Sounds just like the coronor who worked for Bill Clinton while he was Governor of Arkansas.

As I recall, he labeled as "accidental death" the case of a man whose head was cut off.

Actually the three military coronors in the Ron Brown case all suggested that he had a bullet hole in the top of his head, but Janet Reno put gags in their mouths and they haven't been heard from since. In fact I wonder if they are still extant.

[B4Ranch]

ping

[Poohbah]

As I recall, he labeled as "accidental death" the case of a man whose head was cut off.

I know of a case of accidental death that involved decapitation.

One does not necessarily rule out the other.