Mr Clancy was flown to Cardiff for emergency surgery
Retired builder Brendan Clancy, 67, drove himself to a local hospital after falling on a nine-inch saw blade, which sliced through his stomach and into his intestines. According to BBCMr Clancy, from Upper Cwmtwrch in the Swansea Valley, slipped while cutting pallets.
Mr Clancy was flown to Cardiff for emergency surgery and has since made a full recovery from his ordeal with no lasting injuries, but has a 30cm scar on his stomach, the media reported. “I must have been running on adrenaline, I knew I needed help but I knew I couldn’t wait for help to arrive,” he said.
“My wife was away in Carmarthen and my phone was in my pocket with my intestines spilling out. They just kept coming out and it seemed like it would never stop,” he said. Wales Ambulance.
He drove himself to the minor injuries department: ‘I made sure I kept my wits about me while driving and could concentrate on the road. I have a manual car and all my guts were on the side of the gear lever, but it helped to take I don’t think about it anymore. When you carry your guts with you, you think of nothing but keeping them all in one place.”
Mr Clancy said there was no blood, even though the saw had cut through about four inches of his intestine.
“When I got to the hospital, two ladies came out and said they were about to close. They looked down and saw my intestinal bag and intestines sticking out and called me for an ambulance.
“It wasn’t until I was put on a cart that I felt the pain.”
The accident took place on June 9. He was taken to the nearby Pontardawe playing fields where the Wales Air Ambulance helicopter was waiting for him.
He was taken to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, went straight to the operating theater and underwent a four-hour operation. Just a few days later he returned home.
The ex-builder said the air ambulance played a crucial role.
“I couldn’t fault Wales Air Ambulance; they were all absolutely fantastic. I have lived all over the world and in my opinion there is no other service in the world that can beat this,” he said.
“I appreciate how lucky I am to be alive and how lucky we are to have such a great service in this country,” he concluded.
