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Surgeon Makes Tutorial DVD For Conscious Open-Heart Surgery

Posted by samzenpus on from the looks-easy-enough dept.

Lanxon writes "Swaroup Anand, 23, from Bangalore, was fully conscious as he underwent open-heart surgery. An epidural to the neck, administered at the city’s Wockhardt Hospital, numbed his body during the procedure. Dr Vivek Jawali pioneered the technique ten years ago and has recently released a tutorial on DVD, which gives a step-by-step guide to the procedure for other surgeons to watch and learn from."

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  1. Would you like to be awake for this procedure? by istartedi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Doctor: Would you like to be awake for this procedure?

    Patient: WTF???

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    For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
  2. Re:Absolutely by hardburn · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet Spongebob is awesome on morphine.

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    Not a typewriter
  3. Re:Bad Idea! by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 4, Funny

    If me and my roomates can learn to preform open heart surgery on each other - why on Earth will we need to go to a surgeon!!!

    Unions? ~

  4. Re:Advantage? Yes. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too bad there's no "-1 Pansy" mod.

  5. Re:Advantage? Yes. by Arthur+Grumbine · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you enjoy sunbathing? If so, have you ever considered the possibility that you're a reverse vampire?

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    Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
  6. Re:Advantage? Yes. by MindlessAutomata · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'd think a reverse vampire would put blood into people, though.