NIHR Global Health - Frugal innovations in surgical technology in rural India

Research and Innovation for Global Health: How a UK-India partnership is revolutionising surgery in rural areas.

Surgeons and engineers at the NIHR Global Health Research Group in Surgical Technologies at the University of Leeds have been working with partners in India to develop innovative surgical technology, tools and training for routine operations to be safely and successfully conducted in rural hospitals, where surgeons cannot access high-tech facilities, specialist equipment and general anaesthetic routinely used in high-income settings like the UK.

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