An eminent British neuro-surgeon has been performing complex brain operations using a ￡30 do-it-yourself cordless power drill at a clinic in Ukraine.
Henry Marsh, a senior consultant at St George’s hospital in Tooting, south London, has used the Bosch 9.6 volt battery-operated hand tool to open up the skulls of his patients to remove life-threatening tumours. Occasionally the battery has gone flat halfway through.
The operation is performed with the patients fully awake – a technique that fell out of use in Britain 50 years ago. Marsh said that Ukrainians could withstand such a practice because they were “very tough”.
The 58-year-old consultant travels to Ukraine twice a year to perform free operations at a clinic run by a fellow surgeon, Igor Petrovich. The handyman drill was used because the local doctors could not afford state-of-the-art equipment.
When working for the National Health Service, Marsh uses a ￡30,000 compressed-air medical drill, but he said that the Bosch was an effective stand-in. “There’s not a huge difference,” he said. “The drill is Igor’s solution. It’s simply an ordinary drill which he uses with the standard medical drill bits.
“I have used the Bosch drill myself when I’ve been operating with Igor. It’s exactly the drill that you could have in your garden shed. He bought it at a do-it-yourself shop.”
There is a shortage of fully trained anaesthetists so Marsh’s patients are given only a local anaesthetic. This enables him to talk to them to ensure that he is not doing any permanent damage as he drills.
From The Sunday Times
March 16, 2008
Should healthcare follow this route to minimise costs and save?
It may be what happens, as the economy slowly (or quickly?) crashes. When you're poor, you make do with what you have, eh? :-)
Reply:I agree with sindy.
And may I just say wow. I mean, what to say eh? A power drill. Hey do you think there is an irish surgeon somewhere who uses a bandsaw to do lyposuction?
Anyway that would be just swell (wink wink) to pay less and receive this kind of treatment. Lol, oh man.....
Reply:I don't think that the two examples you've noted here are the best way to save, or minimize the cost of medical care. If it happens, there will be a lot of unhappy patients. he he he... So I disagree with that idea... I'll be scared to visit this guys, ha ha ha ha ha...
By the way, I apologize for the question you've asked last night. My answer is out of touched. Yes I indirectly answered your question about the so called "blockers". There are few incidents, including deleted questions that I am aware of, but I guess that's part of our normal e-life? to some of us at least---lol--. That's okey I haven't lost nothing yet, so that's okey for me...Learned how to ignored those things now a days. Thank you once again...
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