The Guardian has reported that a British doctor volunteering with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo amputated the arm of an injured teen, receiving instructions by text message from a colleague in London.
The youth had been bitten by a hippo, and his left arm was ripped off and gangrenous. Vascular surgeon David Nott, who volunteers for MSF one month each year, had never performed the necessary operation, but a colleague at Charing Cross Hospital in London had.
"I texted him and he texted back step by step instructions on how to do it," Nott said.
