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Doctor saves dying teen with household drill

by Pat Coate | May 20, 2009
“He saved our son’s life.”
- Michael Rossi, Nicholas' father

A quick-thinking doctor has saved the life of an Australian teenager by boring a hole into his skull with a household drill to remove a blood clot.

Realising that he had no proper neurological equipment to hand, Dr Carson found the next best thing in the hospital maintenance room: a household De Walt drill, which was sterilised for surgery.

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