Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service had to be called in when staff at Southampton General Hospital were unable to remove a man’s penis out of the stainless steel pipe, because the restricted blood flow had caused it to become erect. The fire crew of seven firefighters turned up with a special equipment from St Mary’s station in Southampton for what a spokes man described as a ‘delicate operation’.

Doctors anaesthetised the man’s penis so firefighters could use a four-and-a-half-inch industrial metal grinder to cut the pipe. After which the penis was left bruised and swollen, but otherwise unharmed.

The man who was thought to be about 40 presented himself at the hospital’s Accident & Emergency department on Tuesday morning. He was said to be ‘quite concerned and anxious’ but he did not give an explanation as to how the pipe got stuck around his penis.
A spokesman for Hampshire Fire and Rescue said: “It was a very delicate operation that required a very steady hand and the crew was worried about things getting too hot during the cutting. It’s certainly an unusual call-out, and I’m sure the man won’t be getting into that situation again.”

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