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09-26-2008, 11:06 AM
A MAN woke from a circumcision operation to discover surgeons had chopped off his penis.
Furious Philip Seaton is suing doctors in the US after claiming he did not give surgeons consent to cut off his manhood.
Surgeons at the hospital in Kentucky said they had to take the drastic action after discovering a life-threatening cancer.
Mr Seaton is suing after claiming he suffered “mental anguish, pain, and has lost the enjoyment of life”.
Mr Seaton, from Tennessee, and his wife said two doctors amputated his penis without his consent last October, and have filed a lawsuit.
The lawsuit states doctors had consent to "perform a circumcision and only a circumcision" but that Mr Seaton did not consent to his penis being removed.
Mr Seaton’s solicitor Kevin George said the surgeons should not have acted so quickly.
Mr George said: “Sometimes you have an emergency and you have to do this, but he could have very easily closed him up and said, ‘Here are your options. You have cancer’.
“The family would have said ‘We want a second opinion. This is a big deal’.”
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Furious Philip Seaton is suing doctors in the US after claiming he did not give surgeons consent to cut off his manhood.
Surgeons at the hospital in Kentucky said they had to take the drastic action after discovering a life-threatening cancer.
Mr Seaton is suing after claiming he suffered “mental anguish, pain, and has lost the enjoyment of life”.
Mr Seaton, from Tennessee, and his wife said two doctors amputated his penis without his consent last October, and have filed a lawsuit.
The lawsuit states doctors had consent to "perform a circumcision and only a circumcision" but that Mr Seaton did not consent to his penis being removed.
Mr Seaton’s solicitor Kevin George said the surgeons should not have acted so quickly.
Mr George said: “Sometimes you have an emergency and you have to do this, but he could have very easily closed him up and said, ‘Here are your options. You have cancer’.
“The family would have said ‘We want a second opinion. This is a big deal’.”
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