CNN CNN Special Report August 16, 2015 03:32:00
>> monitoring cables are snaked through paramjit's heart but the monitor malfunctions and the cables get so hot the inside of his heart is cooked. the damage, irreparable. and paramjit has to get a new heart. rocky rockenback also gets burned in the hospital when doctors turn his throat into a blowtorch. here's how it happens. during surgery a balloon is inflated in rocky's throat to block anesthesia gases from rising up from his lungs. a surgeon's laser punctures a hole in the balloon. the gases flow into rocky's throat. instead of stopping the surgery the doctor continues. the laser's heat s...