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  • Black History Month 2020: Victor's story

    15 October 2020

    Victor Tapah is a critical care nurse at Royal Papworth Hospital. He shares his story of fleeing Cameroon in 2012 in search of a better life.

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  • Marathon 18-hour chest wall reconstruction on former builder to be broadcast on BBC Two

    11 October 2020

    Kevin, a grandfather of two from Peterborough, undergoes complex operation at Royal Papworth Hospital in episode two of ‘Surgeons: At the Edge of Life’

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  • Chief Nurse receives MBE in Queen's Birthday Honours list

    10 October 2020

    Our Chief Nurse Josie Rudman has received an MBE for her services to nursing.

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  • One hundredth patient treated for pioneering cardiology procedure at Royal Papworth Hospital

    9 October 2020

    Royal Papworth is the only UK hospital offering balloon pulmonary angioplasty - a minimally invasive alternative to surgery to treat CTEPH disease

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  • Smart glasses used for first time in UK heart procedure

    1 October 2020

    Royal Papworth cardiologists trial UK's first procedure with virtual support using smart glasses which provide doctors-eye view of procedure

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  • Grandmother-of-three undergoes life-saving surgery in first episode of Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

    30 September 2020

    Shelly had pulmonary endarterectomy surgery at Royal Papworth, the only centre in the UK that offers this technically challenging procedure.

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