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Health & Safety
Health & Safety
heart surgery
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10:22am Jun 03, 2019Health & Safety Health & SafetyState To Investigate Child Deaths At N.C. Children's Hospital
State health officials will investigate a North Carolina hospital where the number of children’s deaths from heart surgeries may have been higher than expected.
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Courtesy of Michael Vigil 8:29am Aug 17, 2018Health & Safety Health & SafetyHospitals Battle For Control Over Fast-Growing Heart-Valve Procedure
Medicare limits payments for minimally invasive replacement of aortic valves to hospitals with large numbers of heart procedures. But smaller facilities are crying foul. -
Jack Rodolico/NHPR 11:19am Mar 21, 2017National National Science Health & SafetyDoctors Consider Ethics Of Costly Heart Surgery For People Addicted To Opioids
A troubling trend has followed the opioid epidemic: People who use intravenous drugs are getting heart infections, driving up hospital bills and stirring an ethical debate among doctors. -
Julie McCarthy / NPR 2:35pm Feb 11, 2015World News World News Health & SafetyIndia's Philanthropist-Surgeon Delivers Cardiac Care Henry Ford-Style
With an assembly line of operating theaters in India, Dr. Devi Shetty is determined to deliver affordable health care to anyone in need.
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