WHO chief dies after emergency brain surgery

Evening Echo ^ | May 22, 2006

[1rudeboy]

Seeing that he fell ill in Switzerland (I assume), probably.

[KSApplePie_two]

Thnaks.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[oyez]

Physician, heal thy self. Oops. Too late.

[TalonDJ]

Has anyone seen my irony? I forgot where I left it.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

May he rest in peace.

I have a cousin who works for WHO. He also lives on a sailboat which he normally keeps docked in Spain or southern France. The last time I heard from him, he wrote me a little note on the paper they put around toilets after they clean them. He was in Sarajevo at that time.

My dad has notions that he used to be some sort of a spy....

[Gone GF]

"I wonder if the outcome would have been the same in an American hospital?"

That Geneva is a real Third World city. I'm not even sure whether they have anesthesia or electricity.

Seriously, I think that given who this is, he got the most expert care possible. Probably better than at a very large percentage of U.S. hospitals.

[PzLdr]

Since he worked for the U.N, and it was brain surgery, did they find one?

[SheLion]

I will refrain from the rather irreverent comments that are currently swimming in my head..........

MY GAWD! He didn't even SMOKE!!!!!

[annelizly]

exactly! He didn't smoke and he DIED ANYWAY!! AMAZING!! I thought if you didn't smoke you were supposed to live forever!

[SheLion]

I thought if you didn't smoke you were supposed to live forever!

That's what the anti's keep telling everyone.  heh!

[Doctor Stochastic]

You're two posts too early.

[silentknight]

Geesh I hope someone I know never dies and find themselves posted on freepers. Talk about a bunch of nasty comments. Obviously he had no family or friends.

[Doctor Stochastic]

The Freeper cheerleading for people who die does yield rather nice quotes for those opposed to Conservatives.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"The Freeper cheerleading for people who die does yield rather nice quotes for those opposed to Conservatives."

It certainly doesn't make conservatives look good. I say to those who find this funny to let the guy rest in peace and save the comedy to the professionals.

[Just A Nobody]

Thanks for the ping! Mum here as well. 61...wow.

[razorback-bert]

I had a good friend of the family, who retired and worked for WHO in Egypt, he often said WHO had good intentions, but got in their own way more often than not.

[antiunion person]

WHO chief dies after emergency brain surgery

In order to operate on something, you first have to have one.

No sympathy for this loss from me.