Man In Traction Flees Hospital

[matcom]

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand --Police were hunting Wednesday for a man who fled a New Zealand hospital spinal unit wearing a traction apparatus and with both arms in casts.

The man disappeared Wednesday from the Burwood Spinal Unit in the southern city of Christchurch wearing a traction "halo" to correct a serious neck injury and elbow-to-wrist plaster casts, police said in a statement.

Removing the halo could cause potentially fatal injuries, police said.

It was not immediately clear how the man sustained the injuries that put him in hospital, nor why he fled before completing his treatment.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/12/13/man_in_traction_flees_new_zealand_hospital?mode=PF

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. "Flees"???

:rofl: That, in itself, made me almost choke to death on coffee. The mental image of a fleeing man in a traction halo....:rofl:

[Jamastiene]

2. That made me wonder what type of hospital he was

in to begin with if he had to flee the place.

He can't be that hard to find. I imagine he is running around with his arms in the air in a fixed position like a zombie on speed. :evilgrin:

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. Oh my....

:spray: Even worse mental image. :rofl: :hi:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. Reminds me of an SNL skit.

The one where Mike Myers plays a really hyperactive kid who's chained to a jungle gym. He manages to eat a whole candy bar and goes nuts, then rips the jungle gym from the ground and runs through the city with it attached to him. :rofl: