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[–] human@slrpnk.net 159 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Belgian-Israeli businessman Ehud Arye Laniado, founder of Omega Diamonds, suffered a fatal heart attack while undergoing injections intended to enlarge his penis.

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However, prosecutors later downgraded the charges to failure to assist a person in danger, drug-related offences, and practising medicine without a licence.

Call me paranoid, but I'd like anyone giving me penis injections to be licensed to practice medicine.

[–] becausechemistry@piefed.social 125 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You sound like the brainwashed masses. He, a billionaire, was much more qualified to determine if someone is fit to practice medicine than some institutional board. Obviously, otherwise he wouldn’t have been a billionaire.

[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 62 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or the Oceangate ethos: They're are too many unnecessary rules in medicine! Controlled experiments to test new drugs are just slowing down innovation!

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Just wait until someone does this with a gene drive

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