NewsWhore
06-29-2007, 05:20 PM
The Plaza de la Salud hospital is announcing that 40 people will be receiving free knee and hip replacements. The patients, who all come from underprivileged backgrounds, will be receiving their replacements beginning next February. The replacements cost between RD$250 million and RD$350 million, which means that normally these procedures are inaccessible to most of the population. The operations have been made possible through a partnership with Brigham and Women's Hospital, in conjunction with Harvard University. Forty US specialists, led by Dr. Thomas Thornhill, will be performing the surgical procedures. The selection process has already begun and patients must be under 80 years old to be eligible.
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