STRANGE MEDICAL COINCIDENCE
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One of my aunts runs a Rare Breeds farm in Gloucestershire. Some years ago she was gored by one of her long horn cattle for no obvious reason (nothing like this had happened before) and suffered serious abdominal injuries. She was air lifted to hospital where the surgeon who treated her was Spanish and announced that he knew what to do, because he worked in Seville and often treated Bull Fighters who's been gored. The chances of finding a Spanish Bull Fight surgeon in a small UK hospital, for just such an injury must be very small. (She recover but had to take things easy for some years).
Date submitted:Tue, 14 Aug 2018 09:12:51 +0000Coincidence ID:10079
