Described as "feeling great" by Glover Weiss, Cheney spent the hours after the procedure in a hospital room with his wife and daughter Liz.

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Although sedated, he was fully awake and even talked to operating room staff during the procedure.

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Everyone should take note that this patient survived that complication because the procedure was performed in the operating room with a surgeon immediately on standby.

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After the procedure, Sharon was returned to his room at the neurosurgical intensive care unit.

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As I looked around the room at the 50 or so women in attendance, it was clear that I was one of the few in the room who was a cosmetic procedure virgin.

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It's one thing to have a national vaccination campaign--easily enough done--but quite another to rebuild public infrastructure, offer care for maladies ranging from AIDS to obstructed labor (which requires, of course, a Cesarean section, which in turn requires electricity and an operating room and someone who can perform the procedure), and to recruit and train that army of community health workers.

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Someone would come in the emergency room with an emergency heart attack, needed immediate procedure.

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He also developed a series of apps that allow technicians to monitor and manipulate an MRI procedure on their devices, regardless of whether they're in the magnet room itself, or outside.

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Speaking by phone from her hospital room, Ms. Feng said that aside from a persistent headache, she was gradually recovering from the procedure earlier this month and would gladly return home if she were allowed to leave.

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