You couldn't make this up...
A sterilization technique mastered at "
Mehta’s rural 'sterilization camps'" is now being used on army soldiers at the US Army OB/GYN residency program. Read about it here:
http://www.mamc.amedd.army.mil/obgyn/Papers%20Published/microlap.htmFigure 1. Pomeroy tubal ligation performed using a 2-mm laparoscope, 4 French grasper, and 0-plain endosuture placed through a 5-mm port.