CONVENTIONAL wisdom would suggest that a surgeon must have a steady hand to perform his duties - so perhaps somebody needs to tell that to 94-year-old retired orthopaedic surgeon Dr Calvin MacKay, after he slapped on the latex gloves one last time this week.
Calvin, or Dr Ren as he likes to be called, scrubbed up and performed a mock operation as part of an assisted living facility's "Livin' the Dream" program in Mountain Ridge, USA, declaring the opportunity "wonderful".
Although it was all smiles on the day, the mood was somewhat dampened when the imaginary patient passed away due to complications from surgery.
A random breath test has turned a bit unseemly in Indiana this week when a pathologist was pulled over and found to be in possession of human organs.
Seventy-five-year-old Elmo A. Griggs was found guilty of driving while intoxicated but it was his organ samples rather than his empty vodka bottle that raised the most eyebrows in court.
Griggs pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated and received probation.
The court also thought about charging the man for possessing human offal but were ultimately too scared to follow it through.
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