Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Hospital tells grandfather, 71, that he's pregnant

BEIJING, Sept. 27 -- A patient in Oregon's Portland treated for agonizing

abdominal pain received this surprising news in the hospital's paperwork: "Based

on your visit today, we know you are pregnant." Surprising indeed for

71-year-old John Grady Pippen.

The staff at Curry General Hospital in Gold Beach

gave the retired mechanic and logger the ridiculously happy news this month,

along with some pain pills.

Hospital administrator William McMillan says an

errant keystroke caused the hospital's computer to spit out the wrong discharge

instructions for the grandfather.



(Source: China Daily/Agencies)

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