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Re: possible free or cheap surgery by students?

Subject: Re: possible free or cheap surgery by students?
From: SJ Doc
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 14:44:54 -0400
Newsgroups: sci.med, misc.health.alternative, alt.health, misc.education.medical
On 24 Sep 2005 12:36:04 -0500, "Howard McCollister" responded to 
<K@.not> who had posted: 

>>I have a friend who needs surgery on an inguinal hernia.
>> He doesn't have insurance, and can't afford the operation.
>> I've heard that sometimes medical students want practice
>> with surgery. Is there a possibility that he could volunteer
>> to let a student practice on him? If so, how to find out
>> more about it?

>No, not possible.

Hardly.  I did a helluva lot of surgery as a medical student 
in the '70s.  Under supervision, of course, and I never did get 
the knack of performing an efficient one-handed suture tie.  
It was enough to cure me of a desire to follow in the foot-
steps of Hawkeye Pierce.  I think the questioner is more 
properly desirous of finding a surgical residency teaching 
service, most of which will accept charity patients.  

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