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Robotic Patients Used to Help Train Doctors

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the but-doctor-this-patient-doesn't-have-an-off-button dept.

skeletor935 writes "Due to the increase in the number of medical students in Mexico, medical schools have turned to the use of robotic patients to assist in training." From the article: "The robots are dummies complete with mechanical organs, synthetic blood and mechanical breathing systems."

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  1. Obligatory... by SeaFox · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Please allow I, C3PO, to be the first to welcome our new Mexican medical overlords. I'm sure I can be of great assitance to you as besides Spanish I am fluent in over six million forms of communication.

  2. Re:the 3 laws by canfirman · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    A robot may not injure a human or, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm, even if that human has jabbed him repeatedly in the arm with a practice needle

    Ah, but in Soviet Russia, robots stab humans repeatedly with a practice needle!

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