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Optician reprimanded for performing ‘insufficiently weird’ eye examination

eye test ‘Failed to make sitting in a darkened room staring into a stranger’s eyes creepy in any way’

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Posted: Mar 20th, 2010
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New wonder-drug ‘totally ineffective against gunshot wounds’

In an emergency, tablets to be taken orallyVictims of gangland shootings were divided into three groups: the first was given Atryptosol, the second a placebo, and the final group received no medical assistance whatsoever. All died.

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Posted: Jun 3rd, 2009
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‘I won’t let the bureaucrats make me retire!’ declares blind 93-year-old dentist

‘Extremely shaky hands and total loss of vision are no reason to stop practicing.’

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Posted: Jul 9th, 2008
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Doctor’s receptionist awarded honorary medical degree

‘Can tell they’re malingerers if they still have the energy to call the surgery’

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Posted: Oct 18th, 2007
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Surgeon pioneers world’s first ‘entire person transplant’

Cheaper and simpler just to swap the patient with a newer, healthier individual.

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Posted: Oct 1st, 2007
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