Cell phones light up operating room during blackout

[ChrisChris]

I call them mobile phones but the article calls them cells so we'll go along with that :p

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The light from the cell phone screens allowed surgeons to complete an emergency appendix operation during a blackout in a city in central Argentina, reports said on Saturday.

Leonardo Molina, 29, was on the operating table on July 21, when the power went out in the Policlinico Juan D. Peron, the main hospital in Villa Mercedes, a small city in San Luis province.

"The generator, which should have been working correctly, didn't work," a hospital spokesman, whose name was not given, told TN television news station.

"The surgeons and anesthetists were in the dark... A family member got some cell phones together from people in the hallway and took them in to provide light," he said.

Full Story: http://today.reuters.com/news/artic...l&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-L3-Oddly+Enough+NewsNews-2

 

[NPQueen]

Wow! now that is some quick thinking! I wouldn't have thought of that.

 

[Barrucadu]

Wow. I sometimes use my PSP to see what i'm doing if the lights are off, but operating via mobile phone light? Just, wow.

 

[angisson]

you'd think they would have flash lights and etc...


that is cool tho.

 

[dgridley]

My cell actually has a flashlight built into it..

 

[dnz32kfresh]

I've often used my cell as a flash light... Just seems like common sense...

 

[AussieDomainer]

I've often used my mobile phone to navigate in the dark. However it's not the best and I sure wouldn't want to perform surgery with it. Better than nothing though I suppose.

 

[Phoebe_]

I've often used my cell as a flash light... Just seems like common sense...

Hahaha very practical of you :hehe:

 

[ChrisChris]

However it's not the best and I sure wouldn't want to perform surgery with it. Better than nothing though I suppose.

Especially when your cut open :p

 

[Smiler]

I also have flashlight on my cell phone and I use it when I'm walking in dark streets. Using cell phones during surgery now that's pretty cool and a life saver.