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i'm wondering whether the fact that it is in UK is important, ie. wrt. who paid for the [experimental] surgery. As we all know, while coming up with idea is gre
by VladRussian2 13y ago
i'm wondering whether the fact that it is in UK is important, ie. wrt. who paid for the [experimental] surgery. As we all know, while coming up with idea is great, an actual implementation faces the issues of resources/money.
- pcrh 13y agoUK or not is probably not too important. The surgeon mentioned (Tom Treasure) is at University College London (his surgery is likely based at Guy's Hospital, as mentioned in the OP). This was most likely the beneficiary of a grant for medical innovations, funded by either the NHS or one of the non-profits such as the Wellcome Trust or the British Heart Foundation. [1] http://www.ucl.ac.uk/operational-research/the_team/TomTreasure http://www.ucl.ac.uk/operational-research/the_team/TomTreasu...
- frandroid 13y agoHaving single-payer healthcare is important for this to happen, yes.