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Posted September 25th, 2008 by minortopics | Permalink

Ping pong ball saves girl’s life

Hmm, maybe the MacGuyver approach is the way to finally reduce the cost of health care.

IT costs as little as $2 and until now has been considered little more than a toy, but a simple ping-pong ball is keeping liver transplant patient Mackenzie Argaet alive.

In a world first, a Sydney surgeon has used the radical method in a transplant operation, which has won him international accolades.

Dr Albert Shun, from The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, used the unorthodox approach when confronted with a medical problem while operating on the two-year-old.


Information from: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/st...



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