Sunday, May 24, 2009

Modern Medical Trepanning. Or Get Out The Electric Drill

"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."


Source: BBC News

4 comments:

Tabor said...

Whatever works. That is how MacGyver got through the day.

dan said...

True. I think this was a great story.

eric said...

that's one of the things about health care in america ... the system isn't fair, but you usually don't have to resort to a drill.

dan said...

eric, i'm glad they dont use drills over there, given how much your insurance costs are.