The bizarre video has become an Internet sensation after it was posted on the website LiveLeak. Footage shows a surgeon pulling out the eel-like fish, that could grow up to 125 cm, which had apparently grubbed into the man’s body.
It can be seen being taken from his abdomen and wrapped in a cloth. Miraculously, the fish was still very much alive when it was removed – and can be seen wriggling around.
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The fish was still very much alive when surgeons pulled it out
During the operation, doctors can be heard laughing as the wriggling fish is surgically removed. One is heard to say: “This one is for the history”, while another adds: “I have just sent the pic by mail.”
The man, who has recovered from the operation, has since made a formal complaint after staff at University Hospita in Londrina filmed the surgery. An inquiry investigating those responsible for recording the operation without the patient’s authorisation has been launched.
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