Costica Maroleanu was admitted to County Hospital in Romania for surgery after suffering from kidney failure.
But, while the surgery was a success, one nurse’s mistake with his catheter landed him in intensive care.
“The foreskin was stripped away completely and most of the cells in the organ were dead"
Speaking with the Daily Mail, he said: “After the operation they told me there were some complications.
“Apparently the nurse had not properly fitted a small plastic pipe to help me urinate, and my penis became red and infected.
“I was moved to intensive care and four days later was moved to the nephrology department where they took a sample, but then they just left me there for 10 days.
“Eventually they did an operation, but then the doctor went on holiday.”
Shortly afterwards, the 55-year-old was transferred to Bucharest Military Hospital, where doctors were left stunned at the nightmarish state of his penis.
“The foreskin was stripped away completely and most of the cells in the organ were dead,” said a hospital spokesperson.
“The member was black and the only remaining skin was at the base of the shaft and highly infectious.”
Unsurprisingly, the only course of action was - at this point - to amputate the man’s penis.
Costica, whom is suing the hospital for 500,000 euros, now has to urinate through a hole which doctors made between his anus and his testicles.
He said simply: “I urinate just like a woman. I’m devastated.”