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| Glasgow Airport Bomber Receives Experimental Skin Graft |
| 2007-07-25 |
| DOCTORS are to use skin made from SHARKS to treat the terror suspect horrifically burned in the Glasgow Airport attack. You mean, what he tried to do to other people was done to him instead? That's horrific, sure...we should have sympathy for this poor tortured soul. Surgeons struggling to save Kafeel Ahmed, 27, have turned to a revolutionary treatment. The expensive process involves a skin substitute made from shark cartilage and cow tendons. A source said: "Ahmed is being treated with these grafts because there is nothing left on his body that can be used." The Glasgow Royal Infirmary insider added: "He is receiving the latest technology to try to heal the skin — but there is still little hope of him surviving. "In the past, pig skin was used to treat severe burns, but the shark skin treatment is used now." Ooh, ooh, use the old system! I'd love to see protestors lined up to protest saving a life. The process — a system called Integra Dermal Regeneration Template which costs more than £20,000 — involves doctors placing silicone implants with shark skin extracts on to the burns. After two weeks, the outer protective silicone layer is removed and replaced with a layer of skin thinner than a graft. A chemical in the shark skin prevents a scar from forming and allows the body to produce a skin-like tissue. Hmm...skin-like tissue. That sounds like fun! I hope he recovers. Surgeon Steve Jeffrey, who spent nine months in Australia perfecting the treatment, explained: "It tricks the body into creating new skin cells." Sources at the Royal Infirmary, where Ahmed is under armed guard, say he is in a coma. One said: "This person is effectively dead already." At least he can be a data point on someone's scientific paper. It is alleged Ahmed and Iraqi doctor Bilal Abdullah, 27, drove the flaming Jeep Cherokee into Glasgow Airport. Alleged. Pah. |
| Posted by:gromky |
| #21 why in heavens name do they waste precious resources on an attempted murderer. Are there not waitinf patients in the UK healthcare system more worthy of the doctor's attention than this POS? The mooselimb world doesnt see this as kind and noble, they see it as stupid! In that regard, for a rare occasion, I agree with them! |
| Posted by: JustAboutEnough 2007-07-25 23:48 |
| #20 Frank G in #8 'nailed' it. :) |
| Posted by: Phinater Thraviger 2007-07-25 20:39 |
| #19 Ms. Blondie, Perhaps they used that Icelandic delicacy: putrefied shark. |
| Posted by: someone2 2007-07-25 20:33 |
| #18 Someone2 and Spot, oh well, right? :( |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2007-07-25 14:42 |
| #17 My brother had a skin graft in this country, and they used a new experimental process that uses expanded (1 sq" to 1sqft) infant foreskin. They should have done that with this fool - he is certainly a dick head. |
| Posted by: Glolurong Jones1696 2007-07-25 13:57 |
| #16 It experimental. Very difficult to get patients to agree to this type of experiments in Scotland. The alternative is usually used. A MacGregor tartan. Low coffee level, forgive me. |
| Posted by: Steven 2007-07-25 13:31 |
| #15 Being dragged along the pavement with most of his skin burnt off can't have helped much either. |
| Posted by: Seven-Eyed Waiter 2007-07-25 12:31 |
| #14 Mr. Ahmed is going to be a shark-skinned person in a sandpaper world? He'll likely be one of the first to wear a sharkskin birthday suit. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-07-25 12:11 |
| #13 Damn, just when I'd written this guy off as a "work-related accident." Quit messing with my system. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-07-25 11:44 |
| #12 A waste of skin, in every sense of the term. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-07-25 11:18 |
| #11 So Mr. Ahmed is going to be a shark-skinned person in a sandpaper world? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-07-25 10:59 |
| #10 Hipe experimental means "still being debugged". |
| Posted by: JFM 2007-07-25 10:38 |
| #9 So how much is this process costing the British taxpayer, because I seriously doubt Mutual of Islam is covering it Muslims dont believe in tax as the land belongs to ALLAH LOL!!!! |
| Posted by: Paul 2007-07-25 10:01 |
| #8 whatever - but use a staplegun |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-07-25 09:20 |
| #7 If he's in a coma, he isn't feeling any pain. More's the pity. And, if he's "effectively dead," why are they bothering to treat him? Experimenting? I vote for pigskin, myself. |
| Posted by: sofia 2007-07-25 09:15 |
| #6 Yeah, I thought they used pig skin. First thing I thought of when I saw the pictures of him. So how much is this process costing the British taxpayer, because I seriously doubt Mutual of Islam is covering it. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-07-25 08:54 |
| #5 Pig skin for the meteor worshipping prick! Which begs the question, why is this Muhamhead scum getting special treatment? What is gratifying is knowing the pain he's going to have, not to mention the scars. I'd pay good money to listen to him scream. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-07-25 08:21 |
| #4 Graft him with the skin of a pig. He can cut it off himself later if he wants. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-07-25 08:04 |
| #3 Good catch SB. In order to be kosher, fish have to have fins and scales - no sharks. However, sharks apparently are halal:-( I'm sure bacon grease would he helpful to the healing process though. |
| Posted by: Spot 2007-07-25 08:03 |
| #2 It's hallal, but not kosher. That's the first thing I thought of when I read this. |
| Posted by: someone2 2007-07-25 08:03 |
| #1 Is shark halal? I don't think it is. If he dies after this, is he considered "contaminated"? No virgins for him!! |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2007-07-25 07:48 |