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15-Year-Old Performs Surgery in India

Thursday, June 21, 2007 4:59:33 PM
By MUNEEZA NAQVI

Dr. K. Murugesan looks on at his clinic in Manaparai, near Trichy, 316 kilometers (198 miles) southwest of Chennai, India, Thursday, June 21, 2007.  Murugesan's 15-year-old son Dhileepan Raj performed a filmed Caesarean section birth under his doctor parents' watch in southern India in an apparent bid to gain a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest surgeon. Instead, the boy's father could be stripped of his licenses and may face criminal charges, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Dinamalar)  NEW DELHI (AP) - The 15-year-old son of two doctors performed a filmed Caesarean section birth under his parents' watch in southern India in an apparent bid to gain a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest surgeon.

Instead, the boy's father could be stripped of his licenses and may face criminal charges, officials said Thursday.

Dr. K. Murugesan showed a recording of his son performing a Caesarean section to an Indian Medical Association chapter in the southern state of Tamil Nadu last month, said Dr. Venkatesh Prasad, secretary of the association. The video showed Murugesan anesthetizing the patient.


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