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Dr. Balbir Singh, a cardiologist at the Medanta Medicity Hospital, successfully implanted a Micra Transcatheter Pacing System, or TPS, the world's smallest pacemaker, into a patient. Unlike normal pacemakers the TPS is small enough to implant directly into the heart using small instruments such as tines or prongs, allowing patients to walk out the hospital immediately after the procedure.
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The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is preparing eight “Nightingale” units each able to house up to 100 patients, as the country continues to battle a surge in Covid infections. The Omicron strain has become the dominant form of the coronavirus in the UK, with nearly 200,000 infections reported on Wednesday. The special surge units will be used to help prevent the NHS from being overwhelmed by patients. IMAGES
Images of Dublin's Rotunda Hospital as Ireland's health authority says it has shut down its computer systems after experiencing a "significant ransomware attack", a week after the largest US fuel pipeline network was also targeted. IMAGES
A first Covid patient from Nice is transferred by the medical team of the plane that has just landed in Toulouse to a helicopter, heading for the hospital in Auch. In a bid to avoid more lockdowns due to pressure on the hospital system, France has started transferring Covid patients to regions where the hospital system is less saturated. IMAGES
Ambulances line up at the Royal London hospital and a patient is rushed into the emergency unit, as recent data shows that 100,000 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in Britain since the pandemic took hold last year. IMAGES