The Worst Penis Injury of the Week
Meet the unfortunate soul suing for a circumcision gone wrong
by Andrew Daniels Published: Jul 25, 2014
Since every Men's Health editor has a Google Alert for "penis accident," we all passed around a particularly nasty piece of news with each other this morning—then poured one out for the poor guy involved.
An Alabama man named Johnny Lee Banks Jr. is suing his doctors for medical malpractice by way of a botched circumcision—i.e., I pay you to snip off my foreskin, and you amputate my dick instead.
According to the lawsuit, Banks went to Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham for a routine procedure, and after waking up from surgery, the 59-year-old was surprised to find his member missing. The suit, unsurprisingly, says Banks is in extreme pain thanks to the severed schlong. His wife Zelda also claims to be suffering from a "loss of consortium."
A spokeswoman for the hospital says Banks' claims are bogus, but however it happened, you have to feel for any guy who goes through something so horrifying. (Shout-out to John Bobbitt, wherever he is.)
We're anxiously awaiting any further developments in this case, and we'll be sure to share an update when we have one. In the meantime, we'll ponder this gruesome list of the 10 worst things that can happen to your penis.
Andrew Daniels
Andrew Daniels is the Senior Editor for Popular Mechanics. In a past life, he was a senior editor at Men's Health and wrote for Playboy, among lots of other publications that have since deleted his work. He's also the author of The Barstool Book of Sports: Stats, Stories, and Other Stuff for Drunken Debate, which one Amazon reviewer called "the perfect book for the crapper," and another called "moronic." He lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania with his wife and dog, Draper.
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