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Health & Safety

UNC Hospital Resumes Child Heart Surgeries After Review

11:31am September 18, 2019

An advisory board says the University of North Carolina hospital's pediatric cardiology program can resume performing complex heart surgeries following

Health & Safety

State To Investigate Child Deaths At N.C. Children's Hospital

10:22am June 03, 2019

by Paul Garber

State health officials will investigate a North Carolina hospital where the number of children's deaths from heart surgeries may have been higher than expected.

Michael Vigil, an oil contractor from Douglas, Wyo., traveled 250 miles to Denver to have his aortic valve replaced in May. He said he would have preferred his local hospital do the procedure.

Health & Safety

Hospitals Battle For Control Over Fast-Growing Heart-Valve Procedure

8:29am August 17, 2018

by Phil Galewitz

Medicare limits payments for minimally invasive replacement of aortic valves to hospitals with large numbers of heart procedures. But smaller facilities are crying foul.

Christopher Milford in his apartment in East Boston, Mass. He quit abusing opioids after getting endocarditis three times.

Doctors Consider Ethics Of Costly Heart Surgery For People Addicted To Opioids

11:19am March 21, 2017

by Jack Rodolico

A troubling trend has followed the opioid epidemic: People who use intravenous drugs are getting heart infections, driving up hospital bills and stirring an ethical debate among doctors.

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Dr. Devi Shetty meets with a patient. The surgeon, who says heart disease is on the rise in India, has never turned away a patient who had no money to pay.

India's Philanthropist-Surgeon Delivers Cardiac Care Henry Ford-Style

2:35pm February 11, 2015

by Julie McCarthy

With an assembly line of operating theaters in India, Dr. Devi Shetty is determined to deliver affordable health care to anyone in need.

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