A doctor saved an elderly man’s life by sucking urine from his bladder for 37 minutes during a mid-flight emergency.
A doctor saved an elderly man’s life by sucking urine from his bladder for 37 minutes during a mid-flight emergency.The Mirror reportedThe alarm was raised when there was still about six hours before the flight was to land in New York, US.
In a video that has been circulating online, a makeshift bed was made and Hong used materials available to him, including a portable oxygen mask, a syringe needle and straws.The South China Morning Post reported that Hong said had the situation not been dealt with in time, the patient’s life would have been at risk.
"It was an emergency situation. I couldn’t figure out another way. When I saw the man could hardly bear the pain any more, my only thought was how to get the urine out of his bladder.”
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