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15-year-old Performs Surgery India - Psychology, Special Needs, Health - Posted: 22nd Jun, 2007 - 9:38pm
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In Attempt to Break World Record
15-year-old Performs Surgery In India
This shows that no matter how "educated" a person maybe, stupidity knows no boundaries. What was this father thinking! He even did not show any regrets and went as far to say it is NOT the first time the kid performs this kind of procedures and that he has been training him for the past 3 years. Looks to me like someone is going to lose his medical licence! 
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| NEW DELHI - A 15-year-old whose physician father allowed him to perform a Caesarean section on a pregnant mom in an attempt to break a world record wasn't even eligible, the Guinness Book of World Records said, because it would encourage "bad medicine." Dr. K. Murugesan could be stripped of his licenses and may face criminal charges after showing an Indian Medical Association chapter in the southern state of Tamil Nadu last month a recording of his son, Dhileepan Raj, performing a Caesarean section said Dr. Venkatesh Prasad, secretary of the association. The video showed Murugesan anesthetizing the patient. Murugesan told the medical association that he wanted to see his son's name in the Guinness Book of World Records. However, Amarilis Espinoza, a spokeswoman for the record book, said in an e-mail response to a question from The Associated Press that the organization doesn't monitor or endorse such feats because it would encourage the practice of "bad medicine." The mother and baby were reported to have come through the surgery successfully. "We were shocked to see the recording," Prasad told the AP, adding that the IMA told Murugesan that his act was an ethical and legal violation. Murugesan owns and runs a maternity hospital in the city of Manaparai, Prasad said in a telephone interview from Manaparai. The family could not be immediately reached for comment. 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. |
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This is very sad. I am amazed that this doctor would encourage his 15 year old son, to perform a high risk surgery such as a caesarean section, on a pregnant woman. It is appalling that he considered fame to be more important than the lives of two individuals. What was the reward for his foolhardiness? Not only did the Guiness Book of Records refuse to enter the boy's name but he may lose his medical license. A high price to pay for his stupidity and lust for fame! Above all, instead of being contrite for his actions, he dismisses the charges as "jealousy!" Ignorance is bliss, where it is folly to be wise!
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