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Text-Messaging Surgeon Saves Boy's Life In Congo

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BBC NEWS   |   December 2, 2008 10:25 PM

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A British doctor volunteering in DR Congo used text message instructions from a colleague in London to perform a life-saving amputation on a boy.

Vascular surgeon David Nott helped the 16-year-old while working 24-hour shifts with medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Rutshuru.

The boy's left arm had been ripped off and was badly infected and gangrenous.

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A British doctor volunteering in DR Congo used text message instructions from a colleague in London to perform a life-saving amputation on a boy. Vascular surgeon David Nott helped the 16-year-old ...
A British doctor volunteering in DR Congo used text message instructions from a colleague in London to perform a life-saving amputation on a boy. Vascular surgeon David Nott helped the 16-year-old ...
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