This post from Mobile Marketer left us amazed! According
to the Associated Press, a British doctor who is volunteering in Congo
used SMS instructions to perform an arm amputation. The
doctor, David Nott knew that a 16-year-old boy whose arm was bitten off
by a hippopotamus needed a forequarter amputation to remove his left
shoulder. Dr. Knott is a general and vascular surgeon and had never carried out such an operation before. He knew this procedure was a huge risk. He text messaged a London colleague who texted him back telling him how to do it! He text messaged Professor Meirion Thomas, a British surgeon with experience in this procedure.
Dr.
Meirion texted back step-by-step instructions on how to do it. Dr.
Knott performed the surgery following these instructions. T he boy has made a full recovery.
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