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| Inquiry into 'teenager surgeon' | Inquiry into 'teenager surgeon' |
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| Officials in southern India are probing allegations that a doctor couple let their teenage son perform surgery. | Officials in southern India are probing allegations that a doctor couple let their teenage son perform surgery. |
| Reports said 15-year-old Dileepan Raj carried out a caesarean section to get into the Guinness Book of Records as the world's youngest surgeon. | |
| Several doctors said the parents showed them a recording of the surgery. Now family members say the boy was only helping out at the operation. | Several doctors said the parents showed them a recording of the surgery. Now family members say the boy was only helping out at the operation. |
| The doctors face disqualification if the investigation finds against them. | The doctors face disqualification if the investigation finds against them. |
| Aghast | Aghast |
| Many people in India perform extraordinary - and sometimes also bizarre - feats to get a place in the record books. | Many people in India perform extraordinary - and sometimes also bizarre - feats to get a place in the record books. |
| But commentators and the medical fraternity in India are aghast at the news of this unusual surgery from the southern state of Tamil Nadu. | But commentators and the medical fraternity in India are aghast at the news of this unusual surgery from the southern state of Tamil Nadu. |
| According to reports, Raj carried out the caesarean operation on a 20-year-old woman under the supervision of his parents at their nursing home, Mathi Surgical and Maternity Hospital, in Manaparai town. | According to reports, Raj carried out the caesarean operation on a 20-year-old woman under the supervision of his parents at their nursing home, Mathi Surgical and Maternity Hospital, in Manaparai town. |
| They said the family wanted to see their son's name in the record books as the "youngest surgeon in the world". | They said the family wanted to see their son's name in the record books as the "youngest surgeon in the world". |
| Several doctors who are members of the government-run Indian Medical Association who saw the video recording made by the parents have spoken out against the surgery. | Several doctors who are members of the government-run Indian Medical Association who saw the video recording made by the parents have spoken out against the surgery. |
| The chairman of the association's academic wing Dr KK Aggarwal called it "shocking and extremely unethical". | The chairman of the association's academic wing Dr KK Aggarwal called it "shocking and extremely unethical". |
| The health authorities in Tamil Nadu state have ordered an inquiry into the incident. | The health authorities in Tamil Nadu state have ordered an inquiry into the incident. |