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Australian Patient Operated On Using Mobile Phone Light

posted by martyb on Friday January 31 2020, @08:26PM   Printer-friendly
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Murphy's law has it that bad things will happen at the worst possible time. What could be worse than losing power at a hospital with patients on the tables? One Australian hospital now knows the answer after power was cut to the hospital leaving doctors to complete a surgery using a mobile phone for light. Medical staff had completed the minor surgery and were starting to put stitches in when the lights went out, just before 2:00pm. It goes to show what ingenuity can bring when a need calls for it.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by jon3k on Friday January 31 2020, @08:46PM

    by jon3k (3718) Subscriber Badge on Friday January 31 2020, @08:46PM (#951951)

    My stairwell can keep the lights on during a power outage but not an operating room? Here's a little "ingenuity" for you, it's called a battery.

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