Because Nothing Says “I Respect This Patient” Like Letting Your Kid do the C-Section
Two doctors in New Delhi, India let their 15-year-old son perform a c-section on a patient while they filmed it. News of this didn’t just leak out – the teen’s father showed the video at a professional medical conference.
“Murugesan, who could possibly be prevented from practicing and face criminal charges for allowing his son to perform the operation, expressed no regret and accused the Manaparai medical association of being ‘jealous’ of his son’s achievements, Prasad added.
‘He said this was not the first surgery performed by his son and that he had been training him for the last three years,’ said Prasad.
Murugesan told the medical association that he wanted to see his son’s name in the Guinness Book of World Records.”
No word on whether the patient consented or even knew this happened.
[Found via Kevin, MD]
That’s horrific, the doctor should be removed from practice.
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