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Stop smoking before routine surgery
Smoking :: Stop smoking before routine surgery
Health chiefs in Norfolk plan to save money by encouraging smokers to quit before undergoing routine operations. Doctors say they are following a programme tried in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs, and health authority hope that the move will improve general health and cut hospital costs. They say research shows that smokers take more time to recover from surgery - and therefore have longer and more expensive stays in hospital - and are more likely to suffer complications.They say anyone needing urgent surgery will not be affected.
(Smoking :: Stop smoking before routine surgery published at SpiritIndia on Tuesday, October 24, 2006)
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