Doctors seek civil defence’s help in saving man’s private part in Dubai

'Industrial clamp' was removed in a 30-minute Herculean task after the patient’s member somehow got lodged within it

Two special teams comprising doctors and civil defence had to join hands to remove an ‘industrial clamp’ from an Asian man’s private part in a 30-minute Herculean task to save him from losing his organ to gangrene.

It was first operation of its kind performed at Dubai’s Rashid Hospital after the patient’s member somehow got lodged within a mechanical aid he was using to urinate, The Khaleej Times reported.

“We got the case at 3am and rushed him to the resuscitation room,” said trauma surgeon at the hospital’s emergency ward, Dr Haider Mahdi. He said the man, in his 30s, was in pain since his private part had swollen up.

“He was at risk of losing his organ through gangrene since blood supply had stopped. Every minute was precious,” said Dr Haider. “In a normal scenario, the end result would have been amputation.”

After administering the patient with painkillers, the doctors first tried to cut out the metal with equipment they usually use for cutting off rings. However, the clamp could not be cut as it was made of thick metal with screws on one side.

At this point, the Dubai Civil Defence team was called in to assist the doctors.



“While the civil defence team was working out a way to cut off the metal, we cooled down the man's organ since the cutting process would generate heat, put pressure and would add the risk of cuts,” said the doctor.

A rapid intervention team was formed after the hospital informed the Dubai civil defence of the case, said Lieutenant Mohammed Suhail Al Kutbi.

“Thanks to a modern device invented by First Lieutenant Khaled Hussein Shehata used to cut hard metal parts, the clamp was carefully removed in 30 minutes,” he added.

According to Dr Haider, once the metal ring was removed, blood supply was restored to the organ and the patient was kept under observation for a few hours. He was later discharged without any further complications, he added.

This article originally appeared on The Khaleej Times.