Doctor Uses Household Drill On Boy’s Head
05/21/09 - Odd Articles
“He had the knowledge to recognise that the young boy was about to die from a blood clot on the brain. But Dr Rob Carson knew he didn’t have the right tools to deal with the emergency. Unless you count that drill in the hospital maintenance cupboard, of course. With Nicholas Rossi’s life hanging in the balance, this was a time for desperate measures. And within minutes the doctor was using the handyman’s De Walt cordless to bore into Nicholas’s skull to relieve the pressure on his brain. Last night experts agreed that the operation undoubtedly saved the child’s life.” w/ photos
