Chest Hole Covered Up - By Cigarette Packs

At least there's one thing: cigarettes in this case are being put to a good use, chest-wise. A 51-year-old man from Taining in China's Guangdong province is using a do-it-yourself approach to patch up a hole in his chest: cigarette packs.

Rao Jiacang was unable to pay for the remainder of his surgery after doctors removed part of his ribs and skin in 1998 to extract infected lung tissue. The wound measures 7" x 3".

While he's been subsisting on his DIY procedure, changing the dressing several times a day, he's looking to finally get the hole in his chest fixed. Since he's dextrocardiac - heart not on the left hand side of their body, but slightly to the right, you can see the heart beat through the hole.

All I can say is, ugh. And also, it's hard to believe he could live 10 years like this.