14/08/2025
Ma Sha Allah.
During a delicate surgery to remove a tumor from a young woman’s salivary glands, Dr. Oguz Basut suddenly began to feel unwell. The day before, he had suffered food poisoning, and now his blood pressure was dropping. But with the tumor positioned dangerously close to a vital facial nerve, stopping the operation could have put the patient at serious risk.
Determined to finish, Dr. Basut asked his colleagues to insert an IV into his right foot so he could stabilize while continuing the procedure from a seated position. Within minutes, his blood pressure returned to normal, and the surgery proceeded successfully.
A photo of the scene—Basut calmly operating while hooked to an IV—quickly went viral. Bursa Uludag University’s president, Ahmet Saim Kilavuz, shared the image and praised the surgeon’s commitment and courage in the face of personal discomfort.
Dr. Basut, however, downplayed the praise: “I’m not a hero,” he said. “I believe any professional in my place would have done the same.”
