We have all been in a situation before where you drop everything you are doing just to watch a key sports moment unfold. We just all haven’t been in quite this position.

In Chile (supposedly), doctors were performing surgery on a patient at the same time Chile was facing Portugal in a Confederations Cup semifinal match. Not wanting to miss a beat while keeping a heartbeat ticking, doctors had a TV in the surgery room tuned into the match.

As the game went to penalty kicks to determine a winner, doctors stopped what they were doing in the middle of the surgical procedure to watch Chile claim victory, celebrated, and then went right back to the business at hand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DmESA6Zj3A

Sometimes you have to get a surgery done as soon as possible, but if you ever need to get a surgical procedure done in Chile for some reason, you may want to try avoiding scheduling your operation for the same day Chile is playing a soccer match.

[Sports Illustrated]

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