Operations and Surgery

How a Scots charity is using the sun to save lives across the world

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How a Scots charity is using the sun to save lives across the world

THE operating theatre is already tense and the surgery is at a crucial  point when the unthinkable happens — the power cuts out. The  stress is ratcheted up to the max as the under-pressure medical team are plunged into total darkness. 10 Dr Kinyua Ndegwa watches the new solar powered equipment being installedCredit: Andrew Barr 10 The team hard at work installing the solar equipment in Meru, Kenya.Credit: Andrew Barr 10 KidsOR’s … Read more

Brave baby celebrates first birthday at home after spending mammoth 320 days fighting for life in hospital

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Brave baby celebrates first birthday at home after spending mammoth 320 days fighting for life in hospital

A BRAVE baby is celebrating his first birthday at home today after spending a mammoth 320 days fighting for life in hospital. River Stephen Camile Mbunzama was born with two holes in his heart and rare condition Tracheobronchomalacia – where the windpipe tissue is unusually soft and weak. 3 Baby River is all smiles as … Read more

Injured Scots schoolboy treated by VET after GP refused to see him

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Injured Scots schoolboy treated by VET after GP refused to see him

A RAGING mum told how her injured son had to be treated by the local vet after docs refused to see him. Oliver Henderson, 13, was left covered in blood when he cut his finger while messing about with his bike. 3 Oliver was refused by his local GP who said he needed an appointment … Read more