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  • Man waits 6 hours with knife in brain: Stabbing victim fully conscious as surgeons plotted surgery

    07/29/2003 10:57:46 AM PDT · by Colofornian · 20 replies · 408+ views
    A fully conscious New Zealand man waited six hours while surgeons debated the best course of action to remove a knife that had been imbedded deep into his brain. Police in Wellington, New Zealand, said the 37-year-old man was stabbed during a disagreement at about 4 a.m. local time, the Dominion Post reported. Surgeons spent six hours planning the operation, which was successful. Martin Hunn, a Wellington Hospital neurosurgeon, said the man "would have been in pain" as he waited for surgery, according to the report. Dr. Hunn consulted an ear, nose and throat specialist before the man's surgery. Though...