Fortunately, highly capable surgeons were able to repair the problem, allowing Carey to live a normal life.

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She has been a patient at Texas Children's since she was five months old and had an open-heart "arterial switch" to repair the problem in 1991 when she was 11.

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The move is to repair a problem with a switch that could increase the risk of a crash, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said.

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Pricing information aside, utilities and grid operators could more accurately pinpoint the location of a problem in the electrical network--eliminating the need for repair crews to scramble for hours to determine where a power failure has occurred.

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Another problem with endovascular repair, for the insurance company if not the patient, is cost.

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Researchers found that one-third of those who had the prenatal repair surgery no longer had this problem 12 months later.

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"The most pressing problem is that the mechanical and electrical systems are in a poor state of repair, which is why we have embarked on a five-year programme of aggressive maintenance to mitigate against the most serious equipment failures, " he said.

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The centreboard problem is largely under control and temporarily repaired, and the crew made a temporary repair to limit the water ingress but they still have been taking water since, and need to maintain a regular routine pumping out.

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And as we all know from our own experience, the way to deal with a problem like that is to confront it and to talk about it and to try to repair the damage.

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