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  • Official topping-out ceremony held for new Heart and Lung Research Institute as construction nears halfway stage

    21 October 2020

    The Institute will create the largest cardiothoracic centre for research, education, industry collaboration and clinical care in Europe.

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  • Lung transplant to feature in next episode of BBC documentary series ‘Surgeons: At the Edge of Life’

    16 October 2020

    David Halsey’s double lung transplant at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge will be broadcast in episode three of the BBC Two programme on Tuesday 20 October

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  • Black History Month 2020: Victor's story

    15 October 2020

    Victor Tapah is a critical care nurse at Royal Papworth Hospital. He shares his story of fleeing Cameroon in 2012 in search of a better life.

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  • Marathon 18-hour chest wall reconstruction on former builder to be broadcast on BBC Two

    11 October 2020

    Kevin, a grandfather of two from Peterborough, undergoes complex operation at Royal Papworth Hospital in episode two of ‘Surgeons: At the Edge of Life’

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  • Chief Nurse receives MBE in Queen's Birthday Honours list

    10 October 2020

    Our Chief Nurse Josie Rudman has received an MBE for her services to nursing.

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  • One hundredth patient treated for pioneering cardiology procedure at Royal Papworth Hospital

    9 October 2020

    Royal Papworth is the only UK hospital offering balloon pulmonary angioplasty - a minimally invasive alternative to surgery to treat CTEPH disease

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