A video of surgery conducted on a teenager with a power drill by doctors who claimed their state-run hospital could not afford the medical equivalent has caused an outcry in the former Soviet republic of Moldova.
一段醫生宣稱因為國營醫院負擔不起同等級醫療設備，只好用電鑽替青少年執行手術的影片，在前蘇聯共和國摩爾多瓦引起輿論譁然。
Nikolai Kurka, the surgeon who performed the surgery later posted on the Internet and broadcast on Moldovan television, said he was one of 16 doctors who used home improvement tools in the absence of adequate equipment.
這段影片由負責執行手術的外科醫師尼可萊．庫卡上傳至網路，隨後也在摩爾多瓦電視台播出。他說，因為醫院設備不足，包括他在內有16位醫師同樣都使用家用修繕工具執行手術。
"We had to drill into the youth’s elbow, so that’s what we did," he told journalists. "This type of drill and these pliers are only inconvenient in that they are difficult to sterilise," he said.
「我們將電鑽鑽入青少年的手肘，我們就是這樣做」，他告訴記者。「這型電鑽和鉗子的唯一不便之處就是無法消毒完全」，他說。
The children’s hospital in the capital of Chisinau had recently received three new drills designed for such surgery, Health Minister Andrei Ussatii said in response.
位在首都基希涅夫的這家兒童醫院最近才收到三把全新的手術用電鑽，衛生部長安德烈．尤薩蒂回應說道。
"I can’t understand why they were using these tools," he added.
「我不了解為什麼他們要使用這些工具」，他補充說。
The hospital’s head doctor said the video had been released by the surgical team in an attempt to discredit him.（AFP）
該醫院院長說，發布這段影片的醫療團隊是蓄意敗壞他的名聲。（法新社）
新聞辭典
outcry：名詞，吶喊、強烈的抗議或反對。例句：There was a public outcry about reopening the nuclear power plant.（公眾對重啟核電廠表達強烈抗議。）
inconvenient：形容詞，不方便的、令人為難的。例句：It is inconvenient to meet you tomorrow.（明天不方便去找你。）
discredit：動詞，使丟臉、敗壞…名聲。名詞，名聲敗壞。例句：He discredited his reputation with the scandal of embezzlement. （挪用公款的醜聞敗壞了他的名譽。）
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