Decades of under-investment in the medical sciences mean that a brain surgeon in the Ukraine sometimes operates on his patients with a Bosch drill bought in the local market ...
And that is the new, improved, invested-in Ukrainian health service.
Full story at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7308077.stm
Secondhand medical equipment is also provided by UK surgeon Henry Marsh, who personally lugs it over from St George's Hospital, Tooting. Apparently they are still using a drill bit that he delivered ten years ago. In the UK it would have been used once and discarded.
And it seems to work. The site contains a couple of work-in-progress videos on a conscious patient who says it’s like having the workmen in – a lot of banging and scratching upstairs.
It's a little unnerving that the Ukrainian surgeon wielding the drill is called ... Igor.
I can't tell from the video whether it's a Bosch Green (DIY) or a Bosch Blue ('trade' quality). This may make all the difference.
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