Sanjay Gupta is such a wonderful man

[Haole Girl]

They asked him to perform surgery on a 12 year old girl, in Haiti...
and there is is.

:loveya:

[stray cat]

1. He is one of the few doctors initially on the scene and a neurosurgeon

He has done a good job to be sure. And as he said - he was a doctor long before he was a journalist and he will always be a doctor first

[Haole Girl]

2. He just oozes goodness

I'm constantly impressed by his kindness.

[stray cat]

13. I have a student who worked with him - defintely a kind helpful guy

[Captain Hilts]

3. He has opposed most attempts at Health Care Reform. nt

[Haole Girl]

4. Really? Why did President Obama first select him as Surgeon General?

:shrug:

[Captain Hilts]

10. Beats me. nt

[CBGLuthier]

5. political differences vs. saving a 12 year olds life.

I would hope most would recognize a good thing and not feel the need to condemn.

[valerief]

15. Political differences that lead to saving many lives vs. saving a 12-yr-old's life.

I think that's what you meant.

[CBGLuthier]

17. No,I said what I meant, sort of

What I really meant was the post was rude and dickish under the circumstances. But rude and dickish are the order of the day on DU so dick on you dicks.

[valerief]

18. You're the only rude one I've seen. nt

[alsame]

6. Yes, and that's why I dislike him. However, I give him props for using

his medical skills in this situation.

[Captain Hilts]

11. Yes, I do, too. nt

[valerief]

14. Yeah, that's what I was thinking when I saw this Gupta lovefest. He's an ass. nt

[grasswire]

7. I was a little troubled the other day...

...when I watched him go down the street to look at a 15-day-old baby with a scalp laceration. He had a nurse with him who had medical supplies. He did not wash his hands or use any antiseptic or gloves when handling the baby's head. That really surprised me -- it's the first instinct of a medical professional to protect the wound from germs.

[IcyPeas]

12. probably didn't have any - medical supplies are so limited right now.

that's my guess...:shrug:

[Duer 157099]

19. Me too. It wasn't about hand washing, but that whole episode sat badly with me

I can't exactly pinpoint why, but during the whole thing I was thinking: FOOD you idiot! She's 2 weeks old, her mother has died, so maybe she needs something to eat or drink? But she got a nice bandage on her head instead.

[Swede]

8. Here is a youtube of some of his haiti work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4YInHe4W10

[TZ]

9. Hypocratic oath.

It's something all doctors should take seriously, unfortunately some do not..

[insanity]

16. he's kind of a badass

I don't care what his politics are, quite frankly. He's a nice guy who seems super genuine.