Brave or bizarre? A US man
found a a novel way to help doctors perform a complex brain surgery on him - by
playing his guitar! Actor-musician Brad Carter strummed his one-of-a-kind
handmade guitar for six hours as doctors operated on him. Although Carter had
to put down the guitar when he began experiencing debilitating hand tremors -
his strumming skills came to good use when doctors implanted a wire inside his
head, 'New York Daily News' reported. He used his tunes to guide surgeons
through his brain as they implanted a pacemaker to ease the hand tremors that
had plagued him for the better part of a decade. Carter's fancy fretwork helped
his surgeons locate the best spot for a deep brain stimulation procedure that
they hope will ease tremors in his hands that have kept him from his life's passion.
"I've been a guitarist since 1988. Music is my first love. I'm an actor
for a living, but I always have music to turn to. It's a part of your
soul," Carter, an actor and musician in Los Angeles, told NBC's
"Today". Carter began experiencing the hand tremors seven years ago.
Medications didn't help, and he had to stop performing as a musician. Doctors
diagnosed his condition as a benign essential tremor, and elected to try a
surgical procedure called deep brain stimulation that is also used on patients
with Parkinson's and some seizure disorders. Patients are typically awake for a
portion of the brain surgery, and so was Carter, playing the guitar as doctors
at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) hospital.
Congress leader Manishankar Aiyar attracted opposition BJP's ire today in Rajya Sabha when he said he was not interested in listening to speech of a BJP member on vote on account, prompting the Chair to adjourn the House amid uproar. During the Zero Hour, Deputy Chairman P J Kurien allowed Aiyar, who wanted to ask a question, to do so, which was opposed by BJP members. Kurien asked Aiyar whether he yielded to allow others to speak, to which he said he had no objection and he can ask his question later. As the House got ready to initiate discussion on Vote on Account, Kurien said, "Let us reduce the discussion to two hours from four hours," which was opposed by BJP members including Piyush Goyal who was given a chance to speak on Vote on Account. When it was agreed that discussion will take place as per schedule, Aiyar remarked he was not interested in listening to the speech by BJP member. "You had given me the chance to ask a question
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