Surgeon Zhang Hong draws out the fluid to ease pressure on the patient’s bladder. Photo: Southern Airlines via WeChat
Chinese surgeons use straws to drain man’s bladder in mid-flight medical emergency
- Doctors improvise with tape and oxygen mask tubing to make device to save patient on plane from Guangzhou to New York
- The man was suffering with an enlarged prostate and showing signs of shock
Surgeon Zhang Hong draws out the fluid to ease pressure on the patient’s bladder. Photo: Southern Airlines via WeChat