Japanese patient’s fart ignites fire during surgery

While the medical community is debating on the cancer-preventing properties of fart, a Japanese female patient and her doctors just discovered one property of the anal gas. It could start a fire in the surgery room.

That was what happened on April 15 at the Tokyo Medical University Hospital when the laser ignited the fart of the female patient undergoing cervix surgery. The investigation of the incident concluded only on Friday. The Asahi Shimbun reports her lower body was badly affected by the accidental emission.

The report says when the fart leaked into the space of the operation room, it ignited with the irradiation of the laser. The fire spread and burned the surgical drape which caused the fire.

Medical experts who probed the incident say there were no other flammable materials when the surgery was ongoing and the equipment used did not malfunction. Their conclusion was it was the woman’s gas that caused the fire.

Meanwhile, Gizmodo reports that the MacBook Pros Touch Pad has an app that emits the sound of flatulence. When the app is launched, it would provide the user access to three different anal wind releases. But in case the app was accidentally launched, there is mercifully an escape button.

CIO says besides the three fart sounds, it has two emoji and one word “fart.” The app allows selection and playback of predefined fart sounds.