Facts & Figures...
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Amazing Surgery Firsts
We know that the earliest operations, in which one human being operated on another, took place over 4000 years ago. Skulls have been found that have holes drilled in...
Blood Transfusion Facts
If you have to have a major operation, you take it for granted that supplies of blood will be readily available if you need a blood transfusion. That only happens...
Organ Donation: Facts and Figures
Transplant surgery has become much more common in the last 30 years, which has created the universal problem of a shortage of donated organs.
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Statistics on MRSA and Surgery
The term MRSA is now a common household term; there are few people who have not heard of it and who don’t realise its significance, even though they might not...
Transplants Facts and Figures
Organ transplants can save lives and help improve the quality of life for someone who is seriously ill. Transplants are still major operations but they have become more...





