World of the Bizarre
Surgeon has heart attack, completes operation
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T.K. RandallMarch 26, 2009 ·
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A surgeon in Italy who was in the middle of performing a brain operation on a patient continued to undergo the surgery despite suffering chest pains during the procedure because if he stopped the patient would have died.
An Italian surgeon is recovering after completing a brain operation despite suffering an angina attack during the procedure, media reports say. Claudio Vitale, 59, insisted on finishing the surgery in Naples before undergoing his own operation to clear an artery, Ansa news agency said. Mr Vitale refused to abandon the operation to remove a tumour, even though he needed emergency treatment. "
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