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Surgery
(redirected from Elective surgery)

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SURGERY, med. jur. That part of the healing art which relates to external diseases; their treatment; and, specially, to the manual operations adopted for their cure.
     2. Every lawyer should have some acquaintance with surgery; his knowledge on this subject will be found useful in cases of homicide and wounds.



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Theatre nurses at the Royal Hobart Hospital, North West Regional Hospital (Burnie and Mercy Campuses), and LGH have taken action for safe staffing levels and cancelled elective surgery cases when understaffed.
With the high cost of insurance for elective surgery and the 40 (million) to 45 million Americans without health insurance, I felt a need to provide high-quality health care at affordable prices.
Population growth, on top of an aging demographic more likely to become seriously ill, have only exacerbated the situation, said Silka, noting that Cedars often has long waiting lists to schedule elective surgery.
 
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