Among brandt 's last patients of the day are a husband and wife who sit swathed in white blankets with white anaesthetic on their faces , a slightly nervous air about them .
Already , he said , a dire shortage of drugs had driven them to carry out surgery on people dosed with painkillers , but not anaesthetic .
他说,医院已经出现的严重药物紧缺迫使他们使用止痛药而非麻醉药来进行手术。
A doctor would reportedly administer the anaesthetic , a strong sedative usually given to patients before surgery , when jackson went to sleep and turn off the drip when he wanted to wake up .
With toxicology reports pending , investigators are working under the theory that the powerful anaesthetic propofol caused jackson 's heart to stop , a law enforcement official told the associated press .
His desperate father performed the castration on the bed of their mud-walled home , with no anaesthetic and only oil-soaked paper as a bandage . A goose quill was inserted in sun 's urethra to prevent it getting blocked as the wound healed .