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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 04:42 AM
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Household drill saves boy's life
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A doctor in Australia used a household drill to bore into a boy's skull and drain it of blood clots as his local hospital lacked the required tools.

Dr Rob Carson performed the procedure on Nicholas Rossi, 13, after the boy fell off his bike and hit his head.

The doctor had never attempted the surgery before, and had to be talked through the operation by a Melbourne neurosurgeon.

The boy's father said the doctor's improvisation had saved his son's life.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8058771.stm
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