Surgery resumed on Wednesday after it was suspended on 28 March amid NHS claims the hospital had a mortality rate twice the national average.

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There is a high mortality rate -- with an average life span of only 47 -- minimal infrastructure and limited tools for economic development.

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In Roman times the average life span was just 22 (mainly because of the appalling rate of infant mortality), by 1800 it was 40 years, 1900 around the late 40s and today it hovers around the mid-to-late 70s.

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The mortality rate for Scots men in this area was 71% higher than the average.

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