"Surgical care has been an essential component of health systems worldwide for more than a century," said Dr Atul Gawande, a surgeon and professor at the Harvard School of Public health.

“一个多世纪以来，外科治疗始终是世界各国卫生系统的一个重要组成部分”，一位哈佛外科大夫兼教授Atul Gawande博士说。

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Atul Gawande at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, helped develop the Safe Surgery Saves Live program. He and other researchers studied records from fifty-six countries.

麻萨诸塞州波士顿市哈佛公共卫生学院的Atul Gawande帮助开展名为“安全手术挽救生命”的项目，他和另外的研究人员对五十六个国家的案例进行了调查研究。

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Atul Gawande of The New Yorker is, from a purely literary standpoint, the most talented writer on health care today.

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However Dr Atul Gawande, author of "Better - a surgeon's notes on performance", says his intuitive diagnosis saved a woman's life.

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In his excellent piece in the New Yorker this week, Atul Gawande spends some time discussing ICU doctor supervision via the electronic ICU system.

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