1.0link147933<![CDATA[Text-Messaging Surgeon Saves Boy's Life In Congo]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/02/textmessaging-surgeon-sav_n_147933.htmlA 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.