๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™‡๐™–๐™ฌ ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข

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World’s First Human-To-Human Heart Transplant – Performed in Africa

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Cost Barriers to Surgical Care

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World Cancer Day

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Unfolding February

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Surgical Pioneer Spotlight: Dr. Edgar Rodas

๐‘บ๐’–๐’“๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ท๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†๐’†๐’“ ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’๐’•๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•: ๐‘ซ๐’“. ๐‘ฌ๐’…๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’“ ๐‘น๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’” – ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ถ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘น๐’๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ท๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’† When mountains and poverty block access to care, one surgeon redefined […]

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