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Box of tricks takes surgery into the sticks
"For people living in remote areas of the developing world, the nearest hospital can be hundreds of miles away, making access to even the most basic of surgery impossible. But if the people can't come to the hospital, why not take the operating theatre to them?
"That's the thinking behind a solar-powered "hospital in a box", which can fit in the back of a Land Rover and has been designed to allow a team of three surgeons to carry out life-saving operations almost anywhere in the world.
"The system, developed by a team of doctors and technicians from the UK’s National Health
Service, comprises two small boxes that unfold to provide an operating table, equipment holder, lighting, anaesthesia, monitors and basic instruments, plus a plastic tent to provide a clean environment for surgery."
(New Scientist, 29 October 2005
"For people living in remote areas of the developing world, the nearest hospital can be hundreds of miles away, making access to even the most basic of surgery impossible. But if the people can't come to the hospital, why not take the operating theatre to them?
"That's the thinking behind a solar-powered "hospital in a box", which can fit in the back of a Land Rover and has been designed to allow a team of three surgeons to carry out life-saving operations almost anywhere in the world.
"The system, developed by a team of doctors and technicians from the UK’s National Health
Service, comprises two small boxes that unfold to provide an operating table, equipment holder, lighting, anaesthesia, monitors and basic instruments, plus a plastic tent to provide a clean environment for surgery."
(New Scientist, 29 October 2005
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