Australia Darwin - 'Op cock-up turned my penis black'
'Op cock-up turned my penis black'
A MAN says he could have died after an operation left him bleeding heavily and turned his penis black.
Michael Eglington, 53, went to Royal Darwin Hospital last Tuesday to have a wart removed from the base of his penis, The Northern Territory News reports.
He said he collapsed from blood loss as he rushed back to the hospital less than an hour after being discharged.
"Why did they let me go?" he said. "I could have passed out while I was driving."
The internal bleeding caused his penis and testicles to turn black - and his testicles swelled to more than three times their normal size.
The Northern Territory News reports it has seen photographs to prove it.
He was treated under local anaesthetic but said he was sent home stra ight away.
"Next thing I started feeling a bit warm about the groin," he said.
He said he looked down to see that he was sitting in "an inch of blood" in the chair. He used a nappy to soak up the blood as he drove back to hospital where he collapsed against the emergency counter.
"My shorts, my shirt, everything was covered in blood," he said.
Royal Darwin spokeswoman Michelle Foster said the hospital would not comment until an investigation into the incident was complete.
Click here to read more about the penis operation cock-up at The Northern Territory News.
