“A hospital admitted Thursday it mistakenly sent letters to 30 patients, including six elderly men, telling them they were pregnant,” Reuters reports.

“They were sent by a computer system that automatically generates letters telling patients their operations have been postponed.

“‘The girl operating the system has simply chosen the wrong option. It’s human error,’ a spokeswoman for the Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital said.”

Edgar Reese Copperthwaite, 88, was saddened by the hospital’s retraction. “I’d already enrolled in childbirth classes, and I’d even re-painted me daughter’s old room — a bright and cheery pink,” Copperthwaite told reporters. “Not to mention all the vagina-strengthening exercises I’ve been doing…”

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