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Posted on 27/12/05

Serving forgotten children

Special to The Globe and Mail

Peter Adamson was performing facial reconstruction on an orphan in a Russian hospital when the unspeakable happened -- the respirator that was keeping his young patient breathing stopped working.Instead of panicking, the Russian doctor who was assisting Dr. Adamson reacted calmly by unplugging the machine and grabbing a plastic tube.

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