Cesarean Section Is Live Tweeted By Memorial Hermann Hospital In Houston (VIDEO)
Posted in: Today's ChiliWe’ve heard of moms in labor tweeting from the delivery room, but until yesterday, we had never witnessed surgeons sending minute-by-minute updates during a patient’s cesarean section.
Starting early Wednesday morning, Dr. Sherri Levin at Houston’s Memorial Hermann hospital live tweeted a Caesarean section being performed by her colleague, Dr. Anna Gonzalez. Using tweets, photos and videos (with fair warning of their graphic nature) Levin guided viewers through the procedure, while also answering their questions about the surgery. The hospital’s social media manager Natalie Camarata told the Associated Press that over 72,000 people from 60 countries watched the procedure as it happened. “It’s fascinating to pull back the curtain on the mystery of the OR,” Camarata said.
The 39-year-old patient, who was not identified by the hospital, was having a scheduled c-section for this second delivery because her first pregnancy resulted in an emergency c-section, Levin explained.
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