Vasectomy doc shot in hip by patient talks of film
Dr Andrew Rynne A MOVIE about an Irish vasectomy doctor who was shot in the hip will be shown tonight.
Andrew Rynne has performed more than 30,000 operations and was the first doctor in Ireland to offer the service.
On July 12, 1990, he was performing routine surgery at his practice in Clane, Co Kildare, when a former patient burst in brandishing a .22 rifle.
Dr Rynne tried to escape but was blasted in the hip by the crazed gunman.
He told Sean O’rourke on RTE Radio One yesterday: “[The man] had a vasectomy eight years earlier and his wife left him to get pregnant by somebody else.
“He blamed me for everything, claiming it was all my fault.
“He was arrested and charged with mental instability and sent to Dundrum where he remained for two and a half years.”
Dr Rynne insisted he holds no grudge towards the man who shot him and believes it is important to him to tell his story.
He said: “When I see the re-enactment, I get a feeling of great relief. I don’t mind talking about it. It was very therapeutic.
“I don’t carry any baggage about it anymore.”
The Vasectomy Doctor will show in the Everyman Theatre tonight as part of Cork Film Festival. Faye and Giovanni dance STRICTLY’S Faye Tozer hopes to wipe out the competition on the dancefloor, but her dance partner seems more focused on wiping cream off her face at a cosy lunch.
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