Dylan Bettencourt
Petrolheads may not like the move to electric cars but they have to admit that the doctor’s car came in pretty handy when it was needed most.
The surgeon Dr Christopher Yang used his electric truck as a source of power just before he was about to perform a vasectomy at a clinic in Texas.
Dr Yang explained that the patient gave the go ahead for the procedure because he had booked time off work and did not want further delays.
So, the surgeon ran an extension cable to link his medical equipment to his Rivian RIT pickup truck and performed the operation.
“I performed what is likely the world’s first Rivian-powered vasectomy today,” Yang wrote on Twitter.
“Power at the clinic went out and the patient didn’t want to reschedule. Electrocautery was normal. The procedure went great!”
The American doctor said both he and the patient were lucky the procedure was only 15-20 minutes and required very little power.
The electric pickup truck even had enough in the tank to power a small fan in the operating room.
Speaking on radio, Yang said the patient was amused when they told him of the solution.
“We mentioned that if he was up for it we could do the vasectomy using power from the truck. He had a good laugh and we agreed,” he told radio station WGLT.
Despite being glad the truck was able to power the surgery, Yang said this is not a solution he should be using too often.
“I’m not sure that vasectomy should be a planned use of the truck,” he said.
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