Cool head
A German court has awarded 3,000 euros to a man who lost part of his skull because it wasn’t kept cool enough during surgery.
Doctors removed the top of the man’s head and put it in a refrigerator while they operated on his brain.
However, the fridge was defective and the section of skull was not kept cool enough, meaning it couldn’t be reattached.
The man had sought 20,000 euros compensation, claiming the prosthesis used to replace his skull caused him headaches, affected his balance and made him unduly sensitive to the weather.
A court in the city of Koblenz ruled the operation had caused the man’s discomfort, not the loss of the top of his skull, and awarded him 3,000 euros.
© bangshowbiz.biz
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