Best work experience ever? Boy devises potentially life-saving code on placement

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Work experience, for most, typically involves colleagues scratching their heads and wondering what the unfortunate person can actually do that doesn’t involve making tea and idly twiddling their thumbs.

But one schoolboy actually put his time to good use and came up with an idea that could potentially save lives.

Ben Wald, who was on work experience at Barts Heart Centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, came up with the idea after seeing open-heart surgery during his time there, the Evening Standard reports.

Wald said: “I noticed how in one case where the medical records were not available, there was confusion and a bit of uncertainty.