Len Barnes and his daughter Debbie (left) (Picture: North News)

We’ve all heard of donating kidneys, livers and even penises. But poo? That’s definitely a new one.

Len Barnes couldn’t believe what he was hearing when his gastroenterologist suggested the unusual treatment.

But after undergoing a faecal transplant with stools from his daughter Debbie, 52, his serious bowel infection has cleared up.

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Gastroenterologist Dr Chris Wells Picture: North News)

On the day of the transplant in the endoscopy suite at the University Hospital of North Tees, his daughter’s healthy stools were mixed in warm water and put into his bowel.

And what’s more, he got to watch the whole procedure on a big screen TV.



Mr Barnes, 75, from Eaglescliffe, Stockton, had suffered from pain and diarrhoea as a result of his condition, Clostridium Difficile (CDiff).

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North Tees Hospital in Stockton on Tees Picture: North News)

He lost his appetite and an unhealthy amount of weight and despite numerous courses of antibiotics, during long spells in hospital, he was not making progress.

But when consultant gastroenterologist Chris Wells suggested the faecal transplant, Mr Barnes thought he was joking.

‘I’d never heard of it before,’ he said.

‘I thought, come on, you’re taking the mickey.

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