January 11, 2005

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  Dream holiday turns to nightmare

  
  

  A German professor who went on a dream holiday to Costa Rica woke up in an airport departure lounge to find his leg had been amputated.

  
  

  The professor said he had gone to see a doctor at a hospital in San Jose because his left foot was swollen.

  
  

  “When I got to the hospital they put me on a bed and I heard the word amputate. I tried to protest, but before I knew it they had given me drugs to black me out, and when I woke up I was at the departure lounge.”

  
  

  “My suitcases were by my side – and then I realised my leg was missing. I couldn’t move, and when I checked my wallet I found that £200 had been taken out and replaced with a receipt for the amputation.”

  
  

   

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