Gasping China surgeon collapses on floor after blowing air into lungs of toddler for 30 minutes during life-saving operation
- Baby chokes on nuts, rushed to hospital, needs life-saving surgery
- Surgeon alternates operating and blowing, ignores own symptoms
A doctor in China passed out after blowing air into a toddler’s lungs in a bid to keep the young patient’s blood oxygen levels balanced during surgery.
Zhong Yan is a 64-year-old surgeon who works at Jiaozuo Women and Children’s Hospital in Henan, central China, according to a report by state broadcaster CCTV.
On the evening of December 24, a 17-month-old boy was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment because he was choking on nuts.
Doctors cleared his airway and emptied his stomach, but during a check-up the next morning they discovered some nut pieces in his lungs and decided to operate to remove them.
On the operating table, Zhong noticed that the oxygen levels in the boy’s blood were too low, so the doctor removed his mask and began blowing air into the child’s lungs through a bronchoscope.
During the 30-minute-long surgery, Zhong switched between performing the operation and blowing the air.