Re: Brain surgery performed with store drill

"torresD" <torresD30@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<xFBPa.868$DH1.511@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com >...
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030711/80/e41u7.html
>
> Brain surgery performed with store drill
>
> LIMA, Peru (Reuters) -
>
> Lacking the proper instruments,
> a Peruvian doctor at a state hospital in the
> Andean highlands used a drill and pliers to
> perform brain surgery on a man who had
> been injured in a fight.
>
>
> "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 sterilising them,"
>
> Dr Cesar Venero told Reuters in a telephone interview.
>
>
> The patient, Centeno Quispe, 47,
> had arrived at the hospital in Andahuaylas,
> 240 miles (400 kms) southeast of Lima,
> after being hit in the head with a metal
> object in a street fight, Venero said.
>
>
> "I drilled holes in his skull in a circle,
> leaving spaces of 5 millimeters,
> took out the bone with the pliers and
> removed the clots that were putting
> pressure on his brain," he said.
>
>
> Andahuaylas is one of the poorest regions of Peru,
> a country in which more than half its 27 million people
> live below the poverty line.
>
>
> Venero, who earns $430 a month,
> said he had used tools from a hardware store
> on five previous occasions but for less serious
> operations.
>
>
> Quispe was making a good recovery
> in a hospital in Peru's capital, Lima.

Amazing. Some of these poor country doctors are absolutely amazing.
This is not the first time I have read a story like this.

"Raymond Luxury-Yacht II" <raymonlux@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> Amazing. Some of these poor country doctors are absolutely amazing.
> This is not the first time I have read a story like this.

You might want to hold the accolades. I'm happy for the success, but remember
that their *failures* don't make the news.

Jim

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Raymond Luxury-Yacht II	Re: Brain surgery performed with store drill "torresD" <torresD30@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<xFBPa.868$DH1.511@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com >... > http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030711/80/e41u7.html > > Brain surgery performed with store drill > > LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - > > Lacking the proper instruments, > a Peruvian doctor at a state hospital in the > Andean highlands used a drill and pliers to > perform brain surgery on a man who had > been injured in a fight. > > > "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 sterilising them," > > Dr Cesar Venero told Reuters in a telephone interview. > > > The patient, Centeno Quispe, 47, > had arrived at the hospital in Andahuaylas, > 240 miles (400 kms) southeast of Lima, > after being hit in the head with a metal > object in a street fight, Venero said. > > > "I drilled holes in his skull in a circle, > leaving spaces of 5 millimeters, > took out the bone with the pliers and > removed the clots that were putting > pressure on his brain," he said. > > > Andahuaylas is one of the poorest regions of Peru, > a country in which more than half its 27 million people > live below the poverty line. > > > Venero, who earns $430 a month, > said he had used tools from a hardware store > on five previous occasions but for less serious > operations. > > > Quispe was making a good recovery > in a hospital in Peru's capital, Lima. Amazing. Some of these poor country doctors are absolutely amazing. This is not the first time I have read a story like this.

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Clave	Re: Brain surgery performed with store drill "Raymond Luxury-Yacht II" <raymonlux@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:2ab42062.0307112002.6face5cf@posting.google.c om... <...> > Amazing. Some of these poor country doctors are absolutely amazing. > This is not the first time I have read a story like this. You might want to hold the accolades. I'm happy for the success, but remember that their failures don't make the news. Jim