The chief physician of the National Institute of Oncology operated on and saved a man who had been stabbed in the heart right on the street, the institute said on Wednesday.
Last Sunday, the on-call unit of the Hungarian Air Ambulance Service (Magyar Légimentő Nonprofit Kft.) received an alert regarding a man in his 30s who had been stabbed in the heart. Zsolt Dubóczki, chief physician at the National Institute of Oncology, was on duty with the air ambulance service as part of his hobby.
Upon arriving at the scene, the diagnosis was clear: the patient had only minutes left to live, and transporting him to the hospital could have cost him his life.
Following the air rescue service’s strict professional protocols, the chief physician made the decision: the procedure must be performed immediately, on the spot.
According to the report, the chief physician opened the man’s chest in the open street, without a sterile operating room environment or modern equipment, and sutured the beating heart in seven minutes, thereby stabilizing the patient’s condition for further medical care.
Zsolt Dubóczki performed a procedure that is unprecedented in Hungary and rare even at the European level.
Via MTI, Featured image: Facebook/Magyar Légimentő Nonprofit Kft.
