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Podcast: Sickboy
Episode: A Grave Responsibility: USPS's Struggle with Undelivered Cremated Remains
Description: Jer kicks things off with a startling report revealing that the United States Postal Service (USPS) has 452 packages filled with unidentified cremated remains. The USPS Office of Inspector General's investigation highlights lapses in handling procedures, which may explain how these sensitive packages ended up lost. Then, a bizarre and unfortunate incident where a patient suffered "major injuries" after mistakenly wearing a metallic butt plug to an MRI scan. Discover why magnetic forces can turn a horny object into a dangerous projectile. Kidney stones are NO joke and it seems like there is a massive rise in cases where kidney stones...