Posts Tagged ‘Miscellaneous’

Save this one for the Medical Malpractice Hall of Fame… I can totally see one of the medics channeling Jack Sparrow saying, “Where’s the thump-thump?”

Mexican team bobbles heart headed for transplant

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican medics are drawing catcalls after they dropped a heart being rushed to a hospital for a transplant.

Mexico City police say they used a helicopter to deliver the heart in “a rapid, precision maneuver.” But after exiting the chopper, a medic stumbled and the plastic-wrapped heart tumbled out of a cooler onto the street.

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Great find from NIN collaborator Rob Sheridan: the immigration forms filled out by the Apollo 11 crew after they returned from the moon. That must have been a lot of fun to explain to the customs agents.

Apparently, the CDC is preparing for “28 Days Later”