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  • Smart glasses used for first time in UK heart procedure

    1 October 2020

    Royal Papworth cardiologists trial UK's first procedure with virtual support using smart glasses which provide doctors-eye view of procedure

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  • Grandmother-of-three undergoes life-saving surgery in first episode of Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

    30 September 2020

    Shelly had pulmonary endarterectomy surgery at Royal Papworth, the only centre in the UK that offers this technically challenging procedure.

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  • First-ever nursing associates complete training programme

    28 September 2020

    Seven nursing associates have completed a two-year training programme at Royal Papworth Hospital.

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  • Life-saving work of two Cambridge hospitals portrayed in award-winning BBC documentary series

    23 September 2020

    Royal Papworth Hospital and Addenbrooke’s Hospital will feature in the forthcoming BBC series of Surgeons: At the Edge of Life.

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  • Sons perform for their father at Royal Papworth Hospital

    16 September 2020

    The brothers from Peterborough, who comprise the band Endeavour, played to their dad who is being treated for motor neurone disease at Royal Papworth Hospital.

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  • Survival, smiles and sailing: 32 years on from a life-saving transplant

    11 September 2020

    Tineke Dixon underwent a heart-lung transplant at the age of 16. We caught up with her for Organ Donation Week 2020 ahead of the 32nd anniversary of her operation.

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