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Surviving a cardiac arrest

17 Oct 2018, 10:15 a.m.

On the night of 23 February 2013, Violet, a healthy, seven-year-old girl suffered a cardiac arrest. Up until that point, her parents never had cause for any concern.

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Children being taught CPR skills

Restart a Heart Day 2018

16 Oct 2018, 3:38 p.m.

For the third year running, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) was pleased to work with the Resuscitation Council UK and London Ambulance Service to invite school children from the local community to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skil

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GOSH team reveals the world’s first functional tissue engineered oesophagus

16 Oct 2018, 3:18 p.m.

Researchers have grown the world’s first oesophagus engineered from stem cells and successfully transplanted them into mice, in a pioneering new study led by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (IC

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Guests at the DRIVE Opening Event, October 2018

Opening our new digital hub for healthcare

11 Oct 2018, 12:28 p.m.

Last night we launched DRIVE – Digital Research, Informatics and Virtual Environments – a digital hub set to transform the use of technology in healthcare and improve patient outcomes at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and beyond.

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A long-term stay in the Mildred Creak Unit

8 Oct 2018, 1:24 p.m.

Eloise was diagnosed with an eating disorder nine years ago and spent nine months in the Mildred Creak Unit (MCU), a highly specialised ward at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) for young people with mental health conditions. To mark World Mental Health

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