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When will the government pay for my hospital?
By the time I was a student, there were no hospital beds in the UK.We had a small hospital in Glasgow, which was run by a local businessman.It was run as a general practice hospital, and it was funded by the Scottish Government, but its budget was funded primarily by the NHS.When I went to …
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How did I get a new kidney?
In a nutshell, your kidneys have to make a protein called creatinine, which is used by your brain to make proteins called glutamate, which you use to transmit information to your muscles.The brain has to get the protein from your muscles, which then makes glutamate to keep your muscles working.The kidneys work on their own …
How the U.S. is treating a patient who is the most dangerous of its vets
A senior VA hospital in Washington, D.C., has admitted a patient with terminal cancer who was not being treated at a traditional hospital.Dr. Christopher Burrows, the hospital’s chief of internal medicine and vice president of patient safety, told the local ABC affiliate that he was told by his chief of surgery that he should be …
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