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A baby boy in Pakistan was born with an incredibly rare medical condition known as diphallia, which means he has two working penises but no anus. According to a team of researchers who published their findings in the International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, the chances of being born with this condition are one in six million. Diphallia can present as complete or incomplete and is often associated with complex urological, gastrointestinal, or anorectal malformations.

The abstract of the study revealed that the boy’s penises were both normal-shaped, with one being slightly larger than the other at 2.5 cm and 1.5 cm in length, respectively. The boy had two separate urethral orifices, and both phalluses had normal-shaped glans with urethral openings located in the typical position. He had a single scrotum with two midline raphe and well-formed rouge. The boy was passing urine from both orifices, and an ultrasonography of his urological system showed two ureters and a single hemi bladder.

After being admitted to the hospital, the baby boy underwent surgery, and a sigmoid-divided colostomy was constructed. During the operation, the doctors also identified a congenital pouch colon. To enable the baby to pass stools, the doctors created an opening via a colonoscopy.

A doctor from Wales has been suspended from the medical register after a tribunal found he contaminated a female colleague’s coffee with his own semen.

The incident involved Dr. Nicholas Chapman, 43, a general practitioner at the Cwmcarn Primary Surgery in Caerphilly county. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) heard that in August 2021, Dr. Chapman entered the staff kitchen and ejaculated into a travel mug belonging to a female GP colleague.

The victim reportedly drank from the mug and noticed an “unusual” taste and consistency. Suspicious, she discreetly secured the mug for forensic testing. The results confirmed the presence of semen, and DNA analysis later identified Dr. Chapman as the source.

Dr. Chapman denied the allegation, claiming he had only spat into the mug. However, the tribunal rejected this explanation as “implausible and untrue,” stating that his actions were “deplorable and a significant breach of trust.”

The tribunal concluded that Dr. Chapman’s actions were sexually motivated and amounted to misconduct. While they determined his fitness to practice was not currently impaired, they issued a six-month suspension, citing the need to maintain public confidence in the medical profession and declare such behaviour unacceptable. This suspension will be reviewed before it expires. The case has been reported to South Wales Police.

A 79-year-old man from Japan ended up with a 90-inch jump-rope stuck in his bladder after inserting it into his urethra. In a published September study in Urology Case Reports, doctors found that the rope became tangled in the man’s bladder, forcing him to seek medical attention for difficulty with urination. Medical professionals investigating the issue found a wire-like coiled foreign body in his bladder accompanied by acoustic shadows, leading to the man’s admission of what happened. The medical team found surgery to be the only way to remove the rope through an incision in the man’s abdomen. While the man did recover from the surgery, he is not the only person to suffer from penis-related issues, as another patient had a USB cable stuck in his penis in the same month.