Although sedated, he was fully awake and even talked to operating room staff during the procedure.

BBC: Heart bypass - with local anaesthetic

It's one thing to have a national vaccination campaign--easily enough done--but quite another to rebuild public infrastructure, offer care for maladies ranging from AIDS to obstructed labor (which requires, of course, a Cesarean section, which in turn requires electricity and an operating room and someone who can perform the procedure), and to recruit and train that army of community health workers.

FORBES: Dr. Paul Farmer

Everyone should take note that this patient survived that complication because the procedure was performed in the operating room with a surgeon immediately on standby.

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