A YouTube clip claiming to show a doctor using such an instrument, along with a set of "rusty" pliers, on a patient's leg sparked outrage in the country's media. Doctors from the Chisinau-based Ignatenco children's hospital then told news channel Publika TV they used "construction tools" while operating. One, Nicolae Curca, told the reporter: "We informed relevant bodies that we work with construction drills and that we carry out osteotomy [a bone-cutting procedure] with hammer and chisel."