But at the very least the mud replacement operation should have been heavily scrutinized.

WSJ: The Oil Disaster Is About Human, Not System, Failure

This has been echoed by Michael Mansi, whose sister Anita died three days after a knee replacement operation at the Surgicentre.

BBC: Stevenage Lister Surgicentre: Third patient dies

Without a valve replacement operation, half of these patients die within two years, yet many are too weak to have one.

NPR: Heart Repair Breakthroughs Replace Surgeon's Knife

In one case a bone from New York was used in a hip replacement operation at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, in Stanmore, Middlesex.

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Replacement bus services are in operation for other services.

BBC: Somerset and Devon trains disrupted 'for up to a week'

Replacement battery systems are now being fitted to all 50 Dreamliners that had been in operation with airlines around the world.

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