Top amputation surgeon had own legs removed due to fetish. Were patients safe?

A UK surgeon who spent his career performing amputations reportedly had his own legs removed to satisfy a personal fetish, the Guardian reports, raising questions about whether his patients were properly safeguarded. Hacker News flags the story with fifteen points, though the feed offers no further detail on the surgeon's identity or the outcome of any review.

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