Sunday 9 March 2008

Saturday Evening at the Royal Free

On Saturday evening at the Royal Free Hospital, Professional Owen Epstein and Julian met us and they showed us the remarkable equipment to teach doctors in investigating a person's insides. I am quite squeamish but I was moved to tears.

We saw an item which looks just like an antibiotic capsule only slightly larger. It is produced in Israel. At either end, it has tiny lights and a camera and in the middle is a transmitter and a person swallows it and it goes down the natural way and then it gives doctors the chance to see a 360° picture of all the inner works of a person's body.

Apparently when it was first demonstrated everybody stood up and applauded.

We saw a simulator which showed doctors how to put a tube down someone's throat. I was absolutely moved by it.

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