A British doctor who volunteered in Congo for a month every year will remember this incident for the rest of his life. He performed an amputation on the arm of a Congo boy who apparently was bitten by a Hippotamus through SMS (Text messaging) help from a colleague in London. More information after the break.
From CNN, it seems that the boy whose arms was bitten off by a Hippopotamus becomes gangrenous. David Nott, the British doctor immediately knew that he had to do something or the boy will die within a few days.
As he is not familiar with the procedure (as it involves removing the collar bone and shoulder blade), he SMS his colleague Meirion for help. Immediately Meirion replied with a 10-steps procedure for it and signed off with “Easy! Good Luck!”.
David Nott followed every single step and successfully finished the surgery. The boy made a full recovery. That is a piece of good news before Christmas 🙂 .
BTW, this is Dr David Nott (in the center).
