Patient fixes hospital machine
2007-01-23 13:44
Sarajevo - A Bosnian mechanic spent seven hours fixing a hospital machine in order to have his kidney stone removed, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Slobodan Mocevic asked for tools to fix the lithotripsy machine after his operation in the small town of Kasindol, near Sarajevo, had been delayed because the apparatus had broken down.
"I was desperate, I could not have waited for another minute," he told the daily Oslobodjenje.
The machine sends shockwaves through a patient's body to break the stone into tiny fragments.
- AFP