In what is being hailed by some as a catastrophic blunder and by others as sheer genius, surgeons at Barnsley Hospital have accidently sewn a man's head on backwards.
Ed Bach had been admitted to Barnsley Hospital for a routine operation on a bunion, and was first alerted to the problem when he came to eat his post-op meal and got mushy peas in his hair.
It is unclear at this stage whether the procedure was in fact intentional, as Barnsley Hospital have a proud tradition of surgical experimentation and are viewed by many experts as pioneers in the field. In 1999 a man was rushed to A&E suffering concussion after a bar fight and left with his legs on back-to-front, and the hospital made international headlines in 2013 when surgeons revolutionised lung transplants by leaving the patient's original lung in place and sewing the new one to the inner thigh of someone else entirely.
Despite the initial shock, Mr Bach is said to be in good spirits, with concerns that he would no longer be able to see where he was urinating allayed by his wife who pointed out he never took much notice in the first place. His bunion operation has been rescheduled for the next available appointment, 13th July 2021.
A satirical look at all the news and happenings in the idyllic hamlet of Barnsley
