Photographs emerge of sterilisation procedure being carried out using a track pump

Indian Gov orders investigation into surgery with a bicycle pump…

The Indian Government has reportedly ordered an investigation into a doctor who used a track pump as part of multiple laparoscopic tubectomy procedures.

According to the Hindustan Times, the doctor in question claims to have carried out some 60,000 operations using the method over a period of ten years without incident, as well as suggesting he’s not alone in using a bicycle pump for this particular procedure.

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