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Posted on 05/20/2007 11:07:34 PM PDT by monomaniac
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The surgeons studied the operation for months, yet it ran into so many unexpected complications that the surgery took an astonishing 34 hours. But it worked! As I understood it from my friend, all of this effort was donated by the medical facilities, the doctors, nurses and other medics. This web site relates,
The numbers alone tell a story. The surgery required more than 50 personnel, including:
* 5 neurosurgeons
* 2 plastic surgeons
* 1 pediatric general surgeon
* 1 oral surgeon
* 9 anesthesiologists
* 4 anesthesia technicians
* 6 pediatric nurses
* 4 respiratory therapists and
* 6 surgical technologists.
It was charity and yet it was medical pioneering in which much was learned for future cases. Perhaps the doctor in Canada could have learned something from it too. At least he could have found reason to soften his hard heart.
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