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When Medicine Says No: The Tijuana Amputations That Killed a Man
When Medicine Says No: The Tijuana Amputations That Killed a Man
A retired satellite engineer flew to Tijuana because medicine refused to remove a healthy limb; he returned dead from gas gangrene after an unlicensed surgeon used a large knife, not a scalpel. What happens when the medical system says no to a condition it barely recognizes, and someone finds a different yes across the border?
In this episode, we tell the story of two men with body integrity identity disorder who sought elective amputations, the surgeon who agreed to operate despite revoked licenses, and the aftermath that…
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