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Saturday, July 12, 2003Lacking the proper instruments, a Peruvian doctor at a state hospital in the Andean highlands has used a drill and pliers to perform brain surgery on a man injured in a fight. The doctor, Cesar Venero, told Reuters: "We have no [neurosurgical] instruments at the hospital. "He was dying, so I had no choice but to run to a hardware store to buy a drill and use the pliers that I fix my car with, of course after sterilizing them." ...Dr Venero, who earns the equivalent of $650 a month, said he had used tools from a hardware store on five previous occasions but for less serious operations. His patient most recent patient is doing fine. posted by Sydney on 7/12/2003 01:18:00 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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