The Freeman Hospital is an 800-bed tertiary referral centre in Newcastle, England. The hospital is run by the Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Trust and is a teaching hospital for the University of Newcastle upon Tyne medical school. It is funded and designated by the government as the UK's third transplant hospital. The first successful single lung transplant in Europe was carried out at the hospital. http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/donation/factfilesod_history.shtml (more)
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Genres: politics, biology, health, science
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England:
England ( ) is the largest and most populous country within the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland territory occupies most of the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain
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Newcastle University:
Newcastle University is a leading research intensive university located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north-east of England. It was established as a School of Medicine and Surgery in 1834 and became the University of Newcastle upon Tyne by an Act of
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Organ transplant:
An organ transplant is the moving of a whole or partial organ from one body to another (or from a donor site on the patient's own body), for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or failing organ with a working one from the donor site. Org
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Tertiary referral hospital:
A tertiary referral hospital, tertiary referral center or tertiary care center is a term without a formal definition which in the United States generally refers to: *a major hospital that usually has a full complement of services including pediatrics
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