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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.

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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project