TV doctor House helps save patient in real life...

We're all used to seeing fictional doctor Gregory House save patients on his TV show – but it turns out his problem-solving skills may have also helped a person in real life.

A German doctor utilised House's expertise to diagnose one of his patients who had shown up with several symptoms, including fever, blindness, and a failing heart.

The man was in luck as Dr Juergen Schaefer had recently viewed an episode of House, where Hugh Laurie's character had solved a similar medical enigma.

'After five minutes, I knew what was wrong,' he said.

It transpired that, just like the patient on TV, the sick man was suffering from cobalt poisoning due to a problem with his hip replacement.

The man's condition improved after Dr Schaefer, who works at the Centre for Undiagnosed Diseases near Frankfurt, sent him to get a new hip...

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