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Current AffairsHypothermia to help heart attack patients
Hypothermia as a means of protecting patients in critical condition has
been used in hospitals across the Czech Republic for years. Now, first aid
workers are introducing it in emergency care. A pilot project, which is
currently underway in several Czech regions, aims to prevent brain damage
in patients suffering from a heart attack with the help of hypothermia.
Karel Cvachovec is the chairman of the Czech Society of Anaesthesiology and
Intensive Care Medicine:
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PanoramaRobot-assisted heart surgery reaches Czech Republic
I have just arrived at Prague's Na Homolce hospital. Last week, its
cardiologists performed the first ever robot-assisted heart surgery in the
country and they have since successfully operated on six patients.
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One on OneAhmed Hamza - Iraqi paediatrician learning modern heart defect diagnosis
Rob Cameron's guest in this week's One on One is Dr Ahmed Hamza, a
37-year-old paediatrician from the Iraqi city of Basra. He recently left
his troubled homeland and his wife and two children for three months'
training at Prague's Motol hospital, in a programme financed by the Czech
government. Dr Ahmed and a colleague from Basra are learning about the use
of ultra-sound technology in diagnosing heart defects in children, their
chosen speciality. Rob went to Motol to meet Dr Ahmed, and began by asking
him for his memories of life under Saddam Hussein.
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One on OneDr Mariwan Majid - a Kurdish cardiac surgeon in Prague
My guest for One on One this week is Dr Mariwan Majid, a cardiac surgeon
who lives and works in Prague. As his name suggests, Dr Majid is not
originally from this country but from Kurdistan in northern Iraq. He moved
here to study medicine over a decade ago and has now married and settled
in the Czech Republic. Dr. Majid's native Kurdistan suffered terribly at
the hands of Saddam Hussein's regime, and was the scene of a number of
horrific chemical bomb attacks in the late 1980s, which left thousands of
people dead. I spoke with Dr Majid about the changes he noticed on a
recent visit to his home province following the fall of Saddam Hussein's
brutal government. But the first thing I wanted to know is what actually
brought him to study in the Czech Republic?
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Current AffairsMechanical heart transplant first in Central and Eastern Europe
The first mechanical heart transplant in the Czech Republic was
successfully completed on a 57-year-old patient, cardiologists announced
on Wednesday. The procedure is also the first of its kind in Central and
Eastern Europe.
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