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The DIY Dialysis Machine

Posted by samzenpus on from the oh-so-cleansing dept.

Millie Kelly was born with a condition that required an immediate operation. During this operation her kidneys started to fail and since she was too small for dialysis machines, doctors told her parents that she was unlikely to live. Luckily for Millie, Dr. Malcolm Coulthard and a colleague tried to build a much smaller kidney machine on their own and they were successful. Her mother said, "It was a green metal box with a few paint marks on it with quite a few wires coming out of it into my daughter - it didn't look like a normal NHS one." The girl was hooked up to the machine over a seven day period to allow her kidneys to recover. Two years later, her mother Rebecca says she is "fit as a fiddle." You should see what Dr. Coulthard can build using a postage stamp, a tuning fork, a lawn chair and a jellyfish.

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  1. Unless by Capt+James+McCarthy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Chewing gum was used, he's got nothing on Macgyver.

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    1. Re:Unless by The_Rook · · Score: 3, Funny

      and duct tape - don't forget the duct tape.

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  2. new category icon? by loonicks · · Score: 5, Funny

    now i trust there will be a whole slashdot article category devoted to these girls? i, for one, welcome our new humanoid dialysis-building overlords.

  3. A painful noisy chair in the mail? by philspear · · Score: 5, Funny

    You should see what Dr. Coulthard can build using a postage stamp, a tuning fork, a lawn chair and a jellyfish.

    Indeed, I SHOULD see that. What the hell DOES the good doctor make out of those things?!?

  4. Re:WTF? by Steauengeglase · · Score: 4, Funny

    And the "Think if the Children" image was born.

  5. The man makes gadgets out of random items... by DeadDecoy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Doctor Who?

  6. Not News by Thelasko · · Score: 4, Funny

    MacGyver did it in season 5 episode 5 "Second Chance" way back in 1989. He must have taped it and copied MacGyver's design.

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  7. Re:WTF? by lilomar · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would like to nominate this as best sentence of the year.

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  8. Re:Wow by indifferent+children · · Score: 4, Funny

    I sue dead people?

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  9. Re:Ugly guys shouldn't comment on appearance by randyest · · Score: 3, Funny

    guys who are rather hideous themselves

    Speak for yourself.

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  10. Re:Ugly guys shouldn't comment on appearance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...you had better be a model yourself. Given that you are posting here on Slashdot that's pretty unlikely...

    As a 26 year old model and C coder, and grandmother of three, I am offended by your comment.

  11. Lynx? by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 4, Funny

    I for one, saw the picture

    I thought most Slashdotters used lynx so people wouldn't know they were slacking off?

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