Special Needle Saves a Life Following Physician's Trip to Madagascar

News Associate professor and chair of emergency medicine at the School of Medicine, Mahadevan traveled to the island country in April to teach some medical procedures to health-care workers there, using simple equipment he had brought. Those same healthcare workers put that training into practice in July to rescue a 2-month-old with a life-threatening infection. Contributed Author:  Ruthann Richter, Office of Communication & Public Affairs, Stanford University Medical School Topics:  Surgical