Doctors at a Romanian hospital want police to help them find a man who fled after being told he'd have to have his penis cut off.
Staff at the hospital in Pitesti in the south of the country say gangrene had set in.
The 42-year-old had apparently stuck a metal ring on it after losing a bet during a drinking game in the pub.
Doctors told the man the only way to save his life was to remove the damaged penis, but said when they told him he fled the hospital.
Dr Stelian Belu said: "He put the ring on but could not get it off again, and unfortunately although he was in agony, he waited two days before coming to hospital because he was embarrassed.
"The blood supply by that time had been cut off for too long, and there was nothing we could do. We told him we would need to cut it off so that the necrosis does not spread to his body."
Staff at the hospital in Pitesti in the south of the country say gangrene had set in.
The 42-year-old had apparently stuck a metal ring on it after losing a bet during a drinking game in the pub.
Doctors told the man the only way to save his life was to remove the damaged penis, but said when they told him he fled the hospital.
Dr Stelian Belu said: "He put the ring on but could not get it off again, and unfortunately although he was in agony, he waited two days before coming to hospital because he was embarrassed.
"The blood supply by that time had been cut off for too long, and there was nothing we could do. We told him we would need to cut it off so that the necrosis does not spread to his body."
