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Text message surgery saves teenager's life

Published December 4, 2008, 8:33 am, CNN

A British surgeon amputated the arm of a wounded teenager in Congo, Africa with help from instructions sent to him by text message.

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Surgeon carries out amputation by text

Published December 4, 2008, 8:08 am, Guardian Unlimited

A British surgeon volunteering in the Democratic Republic of Congo saved the life of a teenage boy by amputating his shoulder using instructions texted by a colleague in London. David Nott, 52, a general and vascular surgeon at Chelsea and Westminster hospital, was working with the charity Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) in the town of Rutshuru when he came across the badly injured ...

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Amputation by text message saves boy’s life

Published December 4, 2008, 7:02 am, Geek.com

A 16-year old boy living in the Democratic Republic of Congo has had his life saved by a British surgeon with the aid of a mobile phone. The surgeon in question is David Nott, who travels out to Congo for a month every year to volunteer with the charity Medecins sans Frontieres. While there in [...]

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Chicago Healthcare Entrepreneur Glen Tullman Donates $1 Million to Support JDRF's Artificial Pancreas Project

Published December 4, 2008, 6:00 am, GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance

NEW YORK, Dec. 4, 2008 -- The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the leading charitable funder and advocate of type 1 diabetes research worldwide, announced today that it has received a $1 million gift focused on accelerating the development of an artificial pancreas from Glen and Trish Tullman.

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Surgery by text saves boy’s life

Published December 4, 2008, 4:05 am, Oldham Chronicle

A FORMER Hulme Grammar pupil saved the life of an injured boy in the Congo . . . by following text message instructions from a doctor colleague thousands of miles away.

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Circumcision: Parents to face prosecution

Published December 4, 2008, 4:02 am, Cape Argus

Eastern Cape parents who are negligent over their sons' circumcision will face the full might of the law, the provincial health department warned on Tuesday.

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Jazz soothes the soul

Published December 4, 2008, 1:34 am, The Petersburg Progress-Index

This past week was Thanksgiving and because of the holiday I was able to watch some normal television. Of course, what did I watch — primarily college football and the NBA on TNT.

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Get your glasses ready; Raiders are going 3-D

Published December 4, 2008, 12:30 am, The Sacramento Bee

Tonight's NFL game will be more than a midweek matchup between two flagging teams. It will be a cultural experiment with the Chargers and Raiders as lab rats. The game will be broadcast in 3-D in three movie theaters across the country (Los Angeles, New York and Boston). Yes, we've done high-definition TV and now we are on the verge of home 3-D. There will be few Raiders or Chargers fans in ...

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Mobile texts helped surgeon perform operation

Published December 3, 2008, 11:56 pm, icWales

A WELSH surgeon volunteering in war-torn Congo performed a life-saving amputation on a teenager using text message instructions from a colleague 3,000 miles away.

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Amputation via sms

Published December 3, 2008, 9:39 pm, iafrica.com

A British surgeon volunteering in the DRC used text message instructions to do a life-saving op.

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