SIDELINES…
RUBBER GLOVE RAMBO
Rambo the Rottweiler had to be rushed to the vet for emergency surgery after he vomited a surgical glove. On being given an endoscopy his stomach was found to contain 29 more that had to be removed during a three-hour surgical procedure. His owner, Darren Coyne, kept a box of gloves in his car and said Rambo must have eaten them when travelling to and from walks. Vet Keith Leonard said though Rambo arrived “seemingly without a care in the world,” Mr Coyne’s quick thinking had “saved his life.” BBC News, 6 May 2021.
OUT OF PLACE PENSIONER
Elizabeth Mahoney, 89, spent 10 weeks in hospital battling Covid before being discharged, but her family grew worried after she did not arrive back at her home in Newtown, Powys. On investigation, she was found eight miles (13km) away, tucked up
