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PATIENTS IN AFRICA TWICE AS LIKELY TO DIE AFTER AN OPERATION THAN GLOBAL AVERAGE, REPORT SHOWS
It seems to be, no matter where in the world you have surgery, complications for many are an inevitable consequence of hospitalisation, he said... READ MORE›
'EXTREME MAKEOVER' DEATH SPARKS CORONER'S WARNING TO MEDICAL TOURISTS
Overweight and self-conscious 31-year-old Leigh Aiple died after paying more than 35,000 for a plastic surgery package in Malaysia, prompting warnings to other medical tourists... READ MORE›
NUMBER OF NHS PATIENTS WAITING OVER SIX MONTHS FOR SURGERY UP 40%
Number of NHS patients waiting over six months for surgery up 40 percent... READ MORE›
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EMAN AHMED, ONCE WORLD'S HEAVIEST WOMAN, PASSES AWAY IN ABU DHABI HOSPITAL
Reuters Photo Egyptian national Eman Ahmed, who had been undergoing treatment for weight loss, passed away in Abu Dhabi's Burjeel hospital... READ MORE›
NHS INTENSIVE CARE 'AT ITS LIMITS' BECAUSE OF STAFF SHORTAGES
Fifty-two nhs hospitals sent patients elsewhere in busiest week yet... READ MORE›
WOMAN WHO RECEIVED WORLD'S 1ST FACE TRANSPLANT DIES AT 49
A French woman who received the worlds first partial face transplant after being mauled by her dog, died several months ago, at age 49.A... READ MORE›
HOSPITALS ARE IN STATE OF 'WAR', UK GOVERNMENT ADVISER SAYS
The percentage of patients given hospital treatment within 18 weeks has also fallen below 90 percent for the first time since March 2011... READ MORE›
SHOW THESE PICTURES TO ANYONE WHO THINKS WOMEN CAN'T BE SURGEONS
Ilooklikeasurgeon pic.twitter.com oSpk4HlW3j Finding female role models in surgery can be tough, but I won't let it put me off!... READ MORE›
NO RIDE HOME, NO KIDNEY STONE SURGERY, OTTAWA MAN TOLD
But a surgeon at the General campus of the Ottawa Hospital took a different view... READ MORE›
PATIENTS WITH EMERGENCY SURGERY DELAYS HAVE HIGHER RISK OF DYING, STUDY FINDS
Patients whose emergency surgeries have been delayed have an increased risk of death, a study by researchers at the Ottawa Hospital suggests... READ MORE›
INDIAN SURGEON REMOVES 50 FLESH-EATING MAGGOTS BURROWING INTO MAN'S FACE
The surgeon has only seen six to eight cases of nasal maggots in 15 ears of his Ear, Nose, and Throat practice... READ MORE›
RATIONING RULES RESTRICTING SURGERY TO THOSE IN MOST PAIN MUST BE AXED, NHS OFFICIALS RULEA
Patients are left wondering about the validity of restrictions to other types of surgery and NHS treatment, she said... READ MORE›
INSIDE WEST ALEPPO: CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL RISES IN REBEL ASSAULT AS DEADLINE APPROACHES FOR BLOODY BATTLE
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WAR-WOUNDED SEEK TREATMENT IN JORDAN
Mr. Smarat arrived at the Jordanian border after doctors at a field hospital in his hometown said he needed surgery that they could not perform... READ MORE›
COJOINED TEXAS TWINS SURVIVE WORLD-FIRST OPERATION TO SEPARATE THEM
Conjoined twins Knatalye Hope and Adeline Faith, 10 months, were successfully separated at the Texas Children's Hospital despite sharing vital organs including lungs, liver intestines and colon... READ MORE›
SURGEON WITH EBOLA ON FLIGHT TO U.S. FOR CARE
Martin Salia poses for a photo at the United Methodist Church's Kissy Hospital outside Freetown, Sierra Leone... READ MORE›
'HE HIT ME LIKE A DAMN TRUCK'
A Melbourne personal trainer needed emergency surgery after a vicious kangaroo attacked her while she was running... READ MORE›
CHINESE ACTRESS' FACE EXAMINED IN BID TO PROVE HER LOOKS ARE NATURAL
Her husband Huang Xiaoming an actor has previously attempted to spell the rumours surrounding Ms Wing by saying that she sometimes looks quite ugly ... READ MORE›
DYING MAN'S WIFE TOLD HE WAS BLOCKING A BED THAT COULD SAVE A LIFE
The vital tracheotomy surgery was only carried out after Ms Lydon signed the undertaking to bring her husband home from the ICU within days... READ MORE›
THE ALEPPO DOCTOR FACING DEATH EVERY DAY TO SAVE LIVES
Aleppo, a war-ravaged city split between the government and rebels, is an emblem of the Syrian conflict... READ MORE›
INDIAN MAN WHO LOST BOTH HANDS DEFENDING WOMAN GIVEN SUCCESSFUL DOUBLE TRANSPLANT
Man who lost both hands after defending woman on a train is first to receive double transplant in India... READ MORE›
SURGEON STOPS MID-OPERATION, TEEN FORCED TO WAIT TO HAVE SAME SURGERY AGAIN
Surgeon stops mid-operation, teen forced to wait to have same surgery again... READ MORE›
REMODELLED BRAZIL REALITY TV STAR SPEAKS OUT AFTER COSMETIC SURGERY GOES WRONG
Andressa Urach, 27, went into septic shock after cosmetic thigh operation, heightening concern as Brazil surpasses US as cosmetic surgery capital... READ MORE›
DOCTOR CANOES THROUGH HARVEY FLOODS TO PERFORM EMERGENCY SURGERY
Hurricane Harvey Doctor canoes through Texas floodwaters to perform surgery... READ MORE›
NEWEST GENERATION OF WORLDS ONLY FLYING EYE HOSPITAL UNVEILED
It's the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, a teaching laboratory run by Orbis International, a nonprofit that fights blindness throughout the world... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA TO LURE TOURISTS WITH TAX BREAKS ON BREAST AUGMENTATION
The number of procedures performed in South Korea covers about 2 percent of the population, arguably making the country the cosmetic surgery capital of the world... READ MORE›
BABY BORN WITH 4 LEGS IS RECOVERING AFTER RARE SURGERY IN CHICAGO
The hospital announced Tuesday that 10-month-old Dominique from Ivory Coast, or Cote d'Ivoire, in West Africa, is recovering well from the March 8 surgery... READ MORE›
CHINA NETIZENS OUTRAGED OVER 'FAT FACE DIVORCE' CASE
A vague newspaper report about a woman who had plastic surgery after being divorced for having a fat face angers China's online community... READ MORE›
NYC WOMEN CONTRACTED INFECTIONS FROM COSMETIC SURGERIES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Eight women from New York City who had cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic contracted infections, the city's Health Department reported Thursday... READ MORE›
FACE OF SURGEON WHO HAD 'DIFFICULTY' IN PUTTING ON GOWN AND GLOVES, HEARING TOLD
Dr Mihai Anton tended to disappear from a children's hospital and used monosyllabic answers to converse with colleagues, a Medical Council inquiry was told... READ MORE›
IN 'WORLD FIRST,' MAN BORN WITHOUT HAND GETS TRANSPLANT
Hands have also been grafted onto patients whose own limbs were amputated... READ MORE›
IN 11-HOUR SURGERY, PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL SEPARATES 10-MONTH-OLD TWINS CONJOINED AT THEIR HEADS
PHILADELPHIA - A team successfully separated 10-month-old conjoined twins during an 11-hour surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia said Tuesday... READ MORE›
WAVES OF SHOOTING VICTIMS MADE EVEN TRAUMA SURGEONS TREMBLE
Luckily, the Pulse nightclub isn't far from Orlando Regional Medical Center, the region's main trauma hospital... READ MORE›