The Rural Doctors Association of NSW (RDA NSW) has commended the Greater Western Area Health Service (GWAHS) for its prompt action in returning emergency and acute care services to Coolah Hospital and taking the hospital off bypass.
A new miniature, hand-held microscope may allow more precise removal of brain tumors and an easier recognition of tumor locations during surgery.
Texas Children’s Hospital is the nation’s first pediatric hospital to discharge a child while on an intracorporeal ventricular assist device (VAD), a feat previously accomplished only at adult institutions. The patient, 16-year-old Francisco “Frank” De Santiago, who was implanted with a mechanical heart pump called the HeartMate II on May 19, 2009, was discharged on Oct. 29, 2009.
In collaboration with Eira Hospital in Helsinki, Global Health Partner (STO:GHP) has started up obesity treatment operations and the first bariatric surgery procedure has now been performed. Finland has the highest obesity prevalence in the Nordic countries. However, the number of bariatric surgery procedures has so far been very low.
J Clin Ultrasound . 2009 Nov 9; Bij de Vaate AJ, Brölmann HA, van der Slikke JW, Wouters MG, Schats R, Huirne JA We describe our experience with the treatment of 4 caesarean scar pregnancies and provide an overview of current literature