Jens has gone viral after stitching his own knee
A city council politician took needle and thread into his own hands when he set out to repair his bloody knee after an unfortunate run on Tuesday morning.
Jens Tilma's knee is feeling better today, but he can still feel it. 33 minutes ago
It looked bloody and fascinating when city council politician Jens Tilma (Conservative) from Thisted Municipality sat down to patch his own knee with needle and thread.
In a video, he is sitting at home in his living room sewing a gash in his knee after a fall during his morning run.
The video has been shared far and wide. Among other places, on influencer Anders Hemmingsen's Instagram.
And here it is probably relevant to mention that Jens Tilma - besides being a city council politician - is also a doctor.
- I am a doctor. I know the craft, just as a craftsman can build things at home, he says.
It was precisely the craft that made Jens Tilma take matters into his own hands instead of heading to the emergency room.
- I shouldn't take the place of someone who actually needs to see a doctor, says Jens Tilma.
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His wife filmed in secret
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It was Jens Tilma's wife who discreetly turned her phone's camera towards her husband's temporary operating area while he sat concentrated like a West Jutland Rambo and patched his knee together.
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The living room armchair had to serve as the setting for the procedure, where sterile draping and an open trash can were lined up. Probably not the ideal operating area, Jens Tilma admits.
- From an occupational health perspective, the working position was not optimal. But I have sewn it the way I would sew my patients, he says and assures that he can walk on the leg today.
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Has a message
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He himself finds it a bit difficult to understand the great attention the video has created.
But he has a message he would like to deliver in its wake:
- We have been taught that it is better to see a doctor once too often than once too little. That is not entirely correct.
- You should see a doctor when it makes sense, he says.
The doctor adds, however:
- Those who need help getting stitches should of course get help.
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