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Can A Patch Replace A Pill?
A new way of taking medicine, 'warm' operations and a famous Ethiopian hospital
A new way of taking medicine, 'warm' operations and a famous Ethiopian hospital. Swallowing a drug is not the most effective way of taking medicine, so one company has invented a patch which can be stuck inside the mouth. A visit to the Addis Ababa Fistula hospital, where patients explain how treatment has improved their lives. Also how keeping patients warm, via hypothermia, during surgery can prevent infection afterwards.
麻豆社 World Service Archive
This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project
