In Tanzania Dr Godwin Godfrey was preforming heart surgery when the power went out. The patient was a 6 year old girl. Open heart surgery is very difficult and usually requires electricity to help the patient breath and to serve as a artificial heart. Godfrey and his team knew about the usual black outs and had the machines hooked up to a manual handle and emergency power, luckily because of this the patient survived.
I think this is very luck that the girl survived this and i am impressed that Dr. Godfrey was still able to complete the surgery in the dark. Im glad that we have better emergency power equipment in hospitals here, and I think we need to help other countries have the same standards. Also Dr. Godfrey was the only youth heart surgeon in all of Tanzania, I think that needs to change as well.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/22/world/africa/surgery-in-a-blackout-doctor/index.html?hpt=wo_t2
I hope that wasnt in a hospital. Its scary to realize that people in other parts of the world cant always depend on electricity and life-dependent technology, even in hospitals.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to believe that people in other countries still have to do such intricate things without electricity. Dr. Godfrey is so amazing to be able to do that.
ReplyDeleteI'm also impressed that Dr. Godfrey was able to perform the surgery that way. It's amazing that the girl was able to survive through these conditions. Hopefully medical technology will continue to advance
ReplyDeleteThats a really amazing feat. It just goes to show that in the heat of the moment people are capable of some fantastic things.
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