(U.K.) Doctors Use Shark Skin Grafts To Treat Burned Terror Suspect

thisislondon.co.uk ^ | 24.07.07 | thisislondon.co.uk

[DogByte6RER]

Doctors use shark skin grafts to treat burned terror suspect

24.07.07

Surgeons treating the terror suspect burned in the Glasgow Airport car bomb attempt are going to use "grafts" of a skin substitute made from shark cartilage and cow tendons.

Kafeel Ahmed, 27, is being treated at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

The process is called Integra Dermal Regeneration Template. "It tricks the body into creating new skin cells," explained Steve Jeffrey, a surgeon who worked in Australia perfecting the treatment.

Silicone implanted with shark skin extracts is laid on the burns for two weeks before it is removed and replaced with a layer of skin thinner than a graft.

Although the latest technology is being used - at a cost of more than £20,000 - Ahmed is still critical and in a coma.

He is under constant armed police guard at the hospital.

Ahmed allegedly crashed a Jeep Cherokee into the terminal building at Glasgow Airport on June 30, a day after police found two unexploded car bombs in central London.

Dramatic pictures of police wrestling him to the ground appeared across the media.

Ahmed was initially treated at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley. He was transferred under sedation to Glasgow Royal Infirmary in an intensive care ambulance.

[DogByte6RER]

Hmmm......

I wonder if "shark" is halal in Islam?

Certainly...this Islamofascist bomber and a shark have lots in common.

However, the docs should have utilized pig skin instead of shark skin. That would be poetic justice!

[DogByte6RER]

Police wrestle Ahmed to the ground after the terror attack at Glasgow Airport

[JMJJR]

What no pig skin ?

Darn

[DogByte6RER]

Just say NO to SHARK and YES to PORK!

[DogByte6RER]

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Why waste a perfectly good pig?

[DogByte6RER]

No SHARK SKIN for filthy terrorists!

[MediaMole]

Pig is a much better choice. Although both pigs and sharks contribute more to the world than this type of incompetent jackal.

[Reagan is King]

He needs to be fed to the sharks.

[GovernmentShrinker]

One would think there would be better uses for the British taxpayers’ money.

[Madame Dufarge]

Ahmed allegedly crashed a Jeep Cherokee into the terminal building at Glasgow Airport on June 30, a day after police found two unexploded car bombs in central London.He "allegedly" crashed a Jeep Cherokee into the terminal building?

They pulled him out of the car, for crying out loud.

But, if they can use him as a guinea pig, all the better.

[Diogenesis]

"Save my life and I will try to murder you fools yet again."

[DogByte6RER]

Pork strikes back...

[agere_contra]

We’re grafting a freaking laser on his head as well.

[Red in Blue PA]

The very fact that we are treating this guy just underscores the fact that the west does not fully comprehend the battle we are facing.

[DogByte6RER]

His treatment should have consisted of rolling his body in rock salt....

[DogByte6RER]

I wonder if these cretins feel the same way about British doctors?

[monday]

“I wonder if “shark” is halal in Islam?”

I don’t think it is. I am pretty sure shark isn’t kosher and the rules for the two are similar. I think fish have to have scales to be kosher. Shark doesn’t have scales.

[loungitude]

Yes, or a gallon of kerosene/pigfat mix, and a match.

[boomop1]

This bastard will get better treatment then the locals, they would have to stand on line for 6 months to see a specialist.

[DogByte6RER]

Through a malevolent Western medical experiment, Ahmed is transformed into SHARKBOY! Infidels...BEWARE.

[KarlInOhio]

The best part of the shark for burns is living digestive tract tissue. Just bring him to the ocean and the sharks will be begging to "heal" him.

[DogByte6RER]

Sharkboy...Allah's co-pilot!

[mass55th]

"Although the latest technology is being used - at a cost of more than £20,000 - Ahmed is still critical and in a coma."

I hope no honest, God-fearing Brit is being refused these same skin grafts for their burns.

"However, the docs should have utilized pig skin instead of shark skin. That would be poetic justice!"

Let's hope the last meal these sharks had was a big, fat, greasy pig!

[omega4179]

Where’s a good hospital staph infection when we need one.

[spokeshave]

They grow replacement skin on pigs don’t they....?

[Pontiac]

Ahmed is still critical and in a coma.

That’s a real shame he is missing some really exquisite pain and suffering (that is much deserved).

[cripplecreek]

Did they put frickin laser beams on his head too?

[jonrick46]

The ultimate irony would be if the treatment would have involved the use of pig intestinal cells. This terrorist would forever be doomed from entrance to Paradise.

[Pontiac]

Shark doesn’t have scales.

I do believe you are incorrect about that.

[null and void]

We’re grafting a freaking laser on his head as well.

LOL!

He'll look better than he ever did...

[infowarrior]

Where’s a good hospital staph infection when we need one.

Remember this is in Britain... The wonders of socialized medicine may well yet grant you your desire...

the infowarrior

[cripplecreek]

I think they do have a form of “scales” but they aren’t like bony fishes. Just off the top of my head i think they’re called denticles due to their tooth like appearance.

[null and void]

"Although the latest technology is being used - at a cost of more than £20,000 - Ahmed is still critical and in a coma."

I caught that too.

Sad, isn't it, that he's in a coma...

[Hot Tabasco]

the docs should have utilized pig skin instead of shark skin.

...yea, then kicked his butt like a football!

[omega4179]

Where’s a nasty drug resistant infection when somebody deserves it.

[monday]

“Shark doesn’t have scales.”

“I do believe you are incorrect about that.”

lol.... No, that part I am sure of. Ever hear of shark skin suits? Ever wonder why they don’t make Tuna skin suits? It’s because Tuna have scales that make tanning their skin impractical. Shark skin on the other hand is perfectly scaleless and very tough and durable when tanned.

[jrp]

The latest hi-tech treatments for a terrorist. This from a government that rations health care for its own citizens. Lovely.

[omegatoo]

From askMoses.com (who knew?)

Yes, they (sharks and swordfish) have scales, but not the type of scales that make a fish kosher. The biblical term translated as “scales” is kaskeses. This refers to scales that can be removed from the fish without tearing the skin. Scales that are one with the fish and cannot be removed without tearing the skin are not called kaskeses. Fish with such scales are not kosher. The swordfish is one of them.

O2

[Pontiac]

Yes, they (sharks and swordfish) have scales, but not the type of scales that make a fish kosher.

Thanks for clearing that up.

[wolfcreek]

SHARK.....the other white meat?

[mass55th]

"Sad, isn't it, that he's in a coma..."

Yeah, I'm crying in my beer as I write. Hey, wait a minute...I don't even drink beer ;-)

[null and void]

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Sharia law is proof that allah hates us and wants us to be miserable.

[drpix]

Shark! Britain’s equivalent of the ACLU should sue immediately. Snake is obviously their natural donor.

[BlackbirdSST]

No waste. Eat the pig, pigskin the mussie! Blackbird.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[britemp]

‘The latest hi-tech treatments for a terrorist. This from a government that rations health care for its own citizens. Lovely.’

The British government doesn’t ration healthcare for it’s citizens, it treats everyone as quickly as possible within the budgets available. If that is not quick enough for you, you have a perfect right to pay privately for treatment or use your private health insurance if you prefer.

Does America not treat it’s enemies when they are injured?

[null and void]

We do.

Compare to Proverbs 25:21-22 and Romans 12:20

We only do it to heap coals of fire upon his head. Although this one gave himself a pretty good head start...

[chiefqc]

Yea, they say they are using shark skin but it’s relly pig skin.

Better yet, if he’s still in a coma let him wake up so he can enjoy all the pain like a true brave terroist should.

[BlackbirdSST]

Touche! Forgot about them there rinds! I should be taken out back and shot, really. How’s about a good ole shalacking with burned off fat? Blackbird.