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At this stage it is material to see that there is no reference to the cardiac arrest and the external massage applied by him. Defendant No. 2 in his written statement has contended that the defendant No. 1 was assisted by Dr. M.S. Kamath who is also a Master of Surgery. The relevant portion reads thus:
The defendant No. 1 infiltrated the line of incision with 20 cc of 0.5% xylocaine and put the incision. At that time this defendant suddenly noticed the pulse of the plaintiff No. 2 becoming weak and slow and this defendant accordingly informed the defendant No. 1. At the same time the defendant No. 1 also had noticed incised tissues not bleeding and felt the carotid pulse which was weak. So immediately the defendant No. 1 started external cardiac massage and this defendant gave her full oxygen cutting off nitrous oxide. Within 172 to 2 minutes the pulse came so strongly with good volume and tension and regular rhythm. The B.P. checked and it was found normal. Once she was stabilised, this defendant asked the defendant No. 1 to proceed with the operation.
It is not in dispute that the nursing home belonging to the defendants did not have the monitoring equipment as the defendant No. 2 has admitted that there was no necessity of providing a monitoring equipment at all for this case as the operation involved was a non-toxic adenoma of thyroid.

20. In view of the aforesaid pleadings it is necessary to look into the evidence of DW 1 and DW 2. In para 10 of his deposition DW 1 has stated that:

(10) Defendant No. 2 told me that the patient is ready for operation after giving anaesthesia to plaintiff No. 2. Then I injected the line of incision with 22 cc of 5% with xylocaine with adrenaline. Thereafter I made incision on the line. After the incision I notified that there is no bleeding from the incision. Immediately I felt that the carotic pulse was weak and slow. Immediately, I started external cardiac massage. At the same time I asked the staff nurse in the theatre to call out every 15 seconds. During this time I saw that defendant No. 2 as an anaesthetist is carrying out his part of the work. After 172 minutes of starting of external massage the heart began to function normally with normal pulse and blood pressure. Thereafter I consulted defendant No. 2 whether patient is fit for continuation of the operation. He told me that the vital functions of plaintiff No. 2 are normal and I may carry on operation. I also thought that the vital organs of plaintiff No. 2 are functioning properly so it is better to continue the operation. Because the total time taken from the beginning to the revival of functioning of the heart was not more than 3 minutes. If the cardiac arrest is less than 3 minutes and revived within 3 minutes the stopping of operation is not necessary. The cardiac arrest in all surgery including minor operation is a hazard which can be expected to by any surgeon. If the cardiac arrest takes place in the operation and revived within 4 minutes the operation need not be abandoned. In the event of the operation on the plaintiff No. 2 there was no complication at all. After the completion of the operation I noticed that there was a fracture of 2-3 ribs of plaintiff No. 2, on account of effective external cardiac massage.
While I was doing external cardiac massage, defendant No. 2 elevated the lower portion of the body of the plaintiff No. 2 by tilting the table and made the head of the plaintiff No. 2 to lower so as to increase the flow of blood to the brain. After l 1/2 minutes of external cardiac massage by me defendant No. 2 told me that the B.P. and pulse rate of plaintiff No. 2 are normal and heart is functioning normally with normal respiration. I personally did not check the B.P., pulse rate and normal functioning of heart of plaintiff No. 2. (Emphasis supplied) (31) On account of fracture of ribs there may be a change in the B.P. and pulse rate to some extent. The change of pulse rate on account of fracture of ribs may be felt by physical examination of the patient but not the B.P. I do not remember exactly whether the B.P. apparatus was fixed to the arm of plaintiff No. 2 at the time of operation. I cannot say what time has taken for coming of pulse rate and B.P. of plaintiff No. 2 to normalcy after fracture of her ribs. I do not know whether it took 10-15 minutes for the restoration of pulse rate and B.P. of plaintiff No. 2 to normalcy after fracture of ribs.
(10) The surgeon defendant No. 1 put the skin incision on the neck of plaintiff No. 2. After putting the skin incision we did not notice the bleeding from the skin incision. I found that the pulse rate of plaintiff No. 2 was weak. I informed defendant No. 1 about the pulse rate of plaintiff No. 2. Defendant No. 1 also felt carotid pulse of the plaintiff No. 2. Immediately defendant No. 1 started external cardiac massage. I asked assistant nurse to see the watch and tell time. I cut off the nitrous oxide and gave full oxygen to the plaintiff No. 2. Within 172 minutes of external cardiac massage the pulse rate and B.P. of plaintiff No. 2 came to normal. Plaintiff No. 2 started breathing on her own. I found that the vital organs of plaintiff No. 2 were normal. Myself and defendant No. 1 discussed for half minute whether to continue the operation or stop it. When the vital organs of plaintiff No. 2 were normal, I asked defendant No. 1 to continue the operation.