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To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Explorers(m): 4:03pm On Sep 15, 2018 |
Living in a remote town in the Antarctic already means sacrificing quite a lot. Officials in the Antarctic village of Villa Las Estrellas on King George Island ask residents to go the extra mile and sacrifice their appendix. But they have a sensible reason. According to the BBC, the operation must be carried out on people who plan to stay in the Chilean settlement because the nearest hospital is over 600 miles away. While there are doctors living on the military and research base, none are specialist surgeons able to treat appendicitis, which requires immediate surgery. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-6167801/The-Antarctic-settlement-having-appendix-BANNED.html Lalasticlala, Mynd44 3 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Dboy55(m): 4:03pm On Sep 15, 2018 |
Ehennn |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Explorers(m): 4:04pm On Sep 15, 2018 |
This means that before going to the base, residents undergo a pre-emptive appendectomy to avoid any emergency situations. Despite the remoteness of the settlement, it does boast a school, library, post office, radio station, bank and supermarket.
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Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Explorers(m): 4:04pm On Sep 15, 2018 |
But conditions can be harsh, especially in the winter where temperatures dip as low as -47C and people have to stay indoors, or risk death.
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Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Explorers(m): 4:05pm On Sep 15, 2018 |
How a Soviet doctor cut out his own appendix in the Antarctic. During an expedition to the Antarctic, Russian surgeon Leonid Rogozov became seriously ill. He needed an operation - and as the only doctor on the team, he realised he would have to do it himself. Leonid Ivanovich Rogozov (Russian 14 March 1934 - 21 September 2000) was a Soviet general practitioner who took part in the sixth Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1960 -1961. He was the only doctor stationed at the Station and, while there, developed appendicitis, which meant he had to perform an appendectomy on himself in a case of self-surgery. The pain was intolerable and he knew he was getting worse. He recorded his thoughts in his journal: I did not sleep at all last night. It hurts like the devil. A snowstorm whipping through my soul, wailing like a hundred jackals. Still no obvious symptoms that perforation is imminent, but an oppressive feeling of foreboding hangs over me ... This is it ... I have to think through the only possible way out: to operate on myself ... It's almost impossible ... but I can't just fold my arms and give up. Operating mostly by feeling around, Rogozov worked for an hour and 45 minutes, cutting himself open and removing the appendix. The men he'd chosen as assistants watched as the "calm and focused" doctor completed the operation, resting every five minutes for a few seconds as he battled vertigo and weakness. He recalled the operation in a journal entry: 4 Likes
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Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Alejoc(m): 4:05pm On Sep 15, 2018 |
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Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Vancouver4(f): 4:42pm On Sep 15, 2018 |
wonders shall never end |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by CodeTemplar: 4:55pm On Sep 15, 2018 |
Nigeria's corruption is rivalling environmental factor of Europe. 1 Like |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by CodeTemplar: 4:57pm On Sep 15, 2018 |
Nigeria's corruption is rivalling environmental factor of Arctic . Bubu travels over 600 miles to get treatment. |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Nobody: 5:00pm On Sep 15, 2018 |
So me that've already done appendectomy, i can go ![]() Hell... No! |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Nobody: 5:12pm On Sep 15, 2018 |
What's the use of living here when village witches are like MTN, everywhere you go... I'll just stay in Nigeria and enjoy my appendix while I still have it 4 Likes
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Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Nbote(m): 5:20pm On Sep 15, 2018 |
If dem sick or get any emergency case na die b dat ooo 1 Like |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Nobody: 7:45pm On Sep 15, 2018 |
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Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by traihit: 8:56pm On Sep 15, 2018 |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by lenghtinny(m): 10:04pm On Sep 15, 2018 |
What am I looking for abeg? |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Mizwisdom(f): 11:26pm On Sep 15, 2018 |
Lol very funny |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by omidan21: 11:31pm On Sep 15, 2018 |
I can authoritatively say that for the first time, I have seen a country where No Nigerian exist. as Nigerians can be seen everywhere even in Syria 3 Likes |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Imustreturn(m): 12:26am On Sep 16, 2018 |
Which Oyinbo people be this ehhh |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Imustreturn(m): 12:28am On Sep 16, 2018 |
omidan21:flesh and blood didn't reveal that to u brethren. During GEJ tenure he brought home guys in Yemen.. Nigerians everywhere 1 Like |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by ola12(m): 3:18am On Sep 16, 2018 |
well, d appendix is almost useless anyway so it doesnt mean anything |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Explorers(m): 6:10am On Sep 16, 2018 |
Imustreturn: Lol.... Not on that continent bro.
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Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by jordyspices: 6:18am On Sep 16, 2018 |
Nice |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Imustreturn(m): 6:51am On Sep 16, 2018 |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Nobody: 11:22am On Sep 16, 2018 |
Russians. Are. Hardcore. |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Nobody: 11:45am On Sep 16, 2018 |
That's if you do no die of frost bite... |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Nobody: 11:59am On Sep 16, 2018 |
WAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF APPENDIX IN THE HUMAN SYSTEM??. |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Blakjewelry(m): 4:09pm On Sep 16, 2018 |
miracood:its an old used by the body but now its non functional |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Nobody: 4:11pm On Sep 16, 2018 |
Blakjewelry:evolution?? |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Aldebaran(m): 4:38pm On Sep 16, 2018 |
Hmmmm... Weird ![]() |
Re: To Reside In Or Visit This Antarctic Town, You Have To Remove Your Appendix(Pic) by Blakjewelry(m): 4:40pm On Sep 16, 2018 |
miracood:yep |
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