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A NEW REPORT has detailed the case of a prisoner in Dublin who was admitted to hospital after he swallowed a mobile phone.
The 29-year-old prisoner presented to the Emergency Department of Tallaght Hospital with vomiting ten hours after he claimed to have swallowed the phone.
Scans showed that the phone was lodged in his stomach.
An upper endoscopy was performed on the man – where a scope is inserted into the mouth the examine the oesophagus and stomach.
However doctors failed to remove the phone using endoscopic snares, graspers, tripod forceps and baskets.
They abandoned that approach and eventually managed to get the phone out by way of a gastrotomy – whereby a hole is made in the outside stomach.
The phone was then removed from the stomach using forceps.
The device measured 68 x 23 x 11mm.
The case is highlighted in the International Journal of Surgery Case Reports.
The man is said in the report to have had “complex psycho-social issues”.
He made a full recovery following the incident and underwent psychological counselling before he was discharged.
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Did someone ring it??? Just for the craic!!
I wonder if there’s much signal in the small intestine.
Probably better signal than I have where I live.
I doubt it would work immersed in all that prison food
He gobbled up his battery.
Not to mention the all you can eat data.
Perhaps he thought it was an android phone running marshmallow
Can you hear me now !!
I hope they charged him afterwards.
No he was discharged. – and so was the phone.
Bet he’ll be popular now back on the wing, lads be queueing up to see what else he can swallow
An Apple a day…
Comment of the week!
Brilliant :-)
I’ve never been a fan of the taste of Nokia. Maybe a blackberry would go down better…
Should he not be charged with smuggling contraband into prison? This clown cost the tax payer a small fortune in medical costs and is then released.
He should at least have his welfare deducted until the costs are paid for
They should add another 6 months onto his sentence for that.
That would just cost more in prison bills
More craic if it was on vibrate!
He made a full recovery but is talking thru his hole ever since……
complex psycho-social issues often lead to mobile phone swallowing?
Junkie
They could have just administered a tablet.
Should have left it in him. And knowing the justice system in this Country, he’ll probably sue the state for havin his human rights breached or some sh×t.
At least it wasn’t a iPhone 6-plus
Trunk calls accepted
Is psycho social just right-on PC code for delinquency? Or is it “vulnerability”??
Don’t worry your pretty little head about it. Whatever the answer, you’ll find some reason to be outraged.
Not to worry Ned. I have no doubt we will sleep better in our beds when one of his mates shoots hims shortly. No more medical bills. Nice one.
I think the PC boys should cheerlead sterilisation of these types. Abortion and carbon footprint issues resolved with a zap!
How much did that cost us?
Saving peoples’ l
Saving peoples’ lives is such a drain on the wallet, isn’t it.
I wouldn’t have the stomach for it!
Lucky they didn’t insist it exit naturally, imagine the groaning charges!
His number could have been up After that.
The comments section is on fire today. Well done all
A 6310. Worked like new when it was recovered. Bulletproof phone
Why not just stick to the ould reliable and shove it up his a#se
Hello from the other side
Probably better signal in there than 3 mobile
Thats nokia connecting people.
68 x 23mm. Are we sure those dimentions are correct? About the size of an average cigarette lighter!
Smaller than a lighter, apparently: here’s a review. https://youtu.be/ZaBrPXpeb7M
Some morons will swallow anything!
Followed by TV set, a video recorder, a tablet and a cuddly toy…
How do these clever guys end up behind bars
Because they like sticking things in their mouths lol.
What network was he on? If it was a bill pay phone he should suspend his contract. I doubt if this is covered by insurance. If an X-ray was used it could have interfered with his text messages received.
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.
Must have a mouth like a Comodo Dragon.
That is what his wing all say lol.
Loving the puns, what a plonker.
The phone will be charged with assault and…..battery? ;)
Someone will have to create an app for that now?
Angry stomach?
Should have stuck it up his rear like the rest of them…
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