Show surgeon working in dark saves the life of patient PATERSON N J when a power failure a u e plunged pun ed the operating room roo m of st josephs hospital into darkness a surgeon held a patients severed abdominal artery tor for 30 minutes until the hospitals emergency lighting system was put into operation dr V W giudice who was performing an appendectomy assisted by dr francis J brogan had made the incision in the patients abdo men just as the operating room went wend dark dr giudice noticed that blood was spurting from the incision dr giudice located the artery in the darkness holding it while nurses brought flashlights and candles the light was still too dim aim to pro aeed with the operation working carefully so as not to halt the flow of blood in the patients body entirely the surgeon clasped the artery to prevent further loss of blood the surgeons successfully completed the ope operation after the emergency lighting system was started and the 65 year old patient was said to have suffered no ill effects |