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Medical Forum / General / Alternative / September 2005possible free or cheap surgery by students?
I have a friend who needs surgery on an inguinal hernia. He doesn't have insurance, and can't afford the operation. I've heard that sometimes medical students want practice with surgery. Is there a possibility that he could volunteer to let a student practice on him? If so, how to find out more about it? Thanks for any help! K >I have a friend who needs surgery on an inguinal hernia. > He doesn't have insurance, and can't afford the operation. > I've heard that sometimes medical students want practice > with surgery. Is there a possibility that he could volunteer > to let a student practice on him? If so, how to find out > more about it? No, not possible. HMc >>I have a friend who needs surgery on an inguinal hernia. >> He doesn't have insurance, and can't afford the operation. >> I've heard that sometimes medical students want practice >> with surgery. Is there a possibility that he could volunteer >> to let a student practice on him? If so, how to find out >> more about it? >No, not possible. Hardly. I did a helluva lot of surgery as a medical student in the '70s. Under supervision, of course, and I never did get the knack of performing an efficient one-handed suture tie. It was enough to cure me of a desire to follow in the foot- steps of Hawkeye Pierce. I think the questioner is more properly desirous of finding a surgical residency teaching service, most of which will accept charity patients. ----------------------- There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is: how do we arm the other eleven? -- Yuri Orlov (character) *Lord of War* (2005) >I have a friend who needs surgery on an inguinal hernia. > He doesn't have insurance, and can't afford the operation. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thanks for any help! > K Medical students don't do surgery. Tell your friend to check out this hospital: http://www.bumrungrad.com/ The savings over having the surgery done in the U.S. might more than pay for a round-trip ticket to Thailand.  Signature--Rich Recommended websites: http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles http://www.acahf.org.au http://www.quackwatch.org/ http://www.skeptic.com/ http://www.csicop.org/ >I have a friend who needs surgery on an inguinal hernia. >He doesn't have insurance, and can't afford the operation. >I've heard that sometimes medical students want practice >with surgery. Is there a possibility that he could volunteer >to let a student practice on him? If so, how to find out >more about it? No. In the U.S., it would be illegal for an unlicensed medical student to be in charge of a surgical case. There would have to be a licensed physician present during the key portions of the case, meaning legally he would have to charge for the procedure. PF |
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