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Surgeon has heart attack, completes operation

By T.K. Randall
March 26, 2009 · Comment icon 18 comments

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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. "


Source: BBC News | Comments (18)




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Comment icon #9 Posted by dorto 16 years ago
they should have had a back up surgeon on call to take his place
Comment icon #10 Posted by GreyWeather 16 years ago
Deffiently a hero.
Comment icon #11 Posted by Crai 16 years ago
i'm glad there are still decent people left in this world:)
Comment icon #12 Posted by Lt_Ripley 16 years ago
checking to see if it was my neurosurgeon lol.
Comment icon #13 Posted by Almighty89 16 years ago
The title is wrong, he suffered from angina, not a heart attack. There's a difference.
Comment icon #14 Posted by lostlilgirl 16 years ago
A hero & extraordinary human being.
Comment icon #15 Posted by cluey 16 years ago
Amazing how the human brain and body have it's own natural ability to move into survival instinct mode when it has too!
Comment icon #16 Posted by Armenian Barbie 16 years ago
Amazing how the human brain and body have it's own natural ability to move into survival instinct mode when it has too! What that surgeon did was indeed a heroic act; despite having endured chest pains, he continued to operate and save the life of another. Bravo.
Comment icon #17 Posted by behaviour??? 16 years ago
His place is in the heavens....Very Heroic...It takes great courage to save one life when our own life is extinguishing Thanks B???
Comment icon #18 Posted by Blizno 16 years ago
Magnificent. He must have known what was happening to him, being a very highly trained doctor, but he kept going to save another.


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