Hospital to grandpa: You're pregnant

Summary

But after a hospital visit earlier this month, the staff gave the 71-year-old grandfather pain pills and paperwork explaining his delicate condition.

Story Created: Sep 26, 2008 at 3:23 PM MDT

Story Updated: Nov 21, 2008 at 3:55 AM MDT

Hospital to grandpa: You're pregnant
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - John Grady Pippen of Gold Beach doesn't look pregnant. And he's not.

But after a hospital visit earlier this month, the staff gave the 71-year-old grandfather pain pills and paperwork explaining his delicate condition.

"Based on your visit today," the paperwork told him, "we know you are pregnant."

The retired mechanic and logger had sought help for agonizing abdominal pain at Curry General Hospital in Gold Beach.

Hospital administrator William McMillan says an errant keystroke caused the hospital's computer to spit out the wrong discharge instructions.

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