Who needs medical school anymore? 10 Gory Surgical Triumphs on YouTube

Who needs medical school anymore? You can now watch the world’s surgeons do their thing from the comfort of your parents’ basement.

From open-heart surgery to amputations, sex-change operations to autopsies, the operating rooms of the world have gone online. One website, OR-Live, regularly broadcasts live from the O.R.  For example, tune in next week to watch a hysterectomy. These broadcasts, and dozens of other videos posted to YouTube, draw hundreds of thousands of viewers. We’ve got four words for you: advertising-supported health care.