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operating theatre

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noun

  1. a room in which surgical operations are performed

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Heading into the operating theatre, Sir Terence reflected how he felt under immense pressure to succeed.

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Under the harsh lights of an operating theatre in the Indian capital, Delhi, a woman lies motionless as surgeons prepare to remove her gallbladder.

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Insourcing sees private companies work outside normal hours and pay to use spare operating theatre capacity.

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The Royal College of Surgeons said the system was coming under severe strain and called for more money for new operating theatres in the autumn budget.

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The facility's operating theatres and MRI scanner are in use but its 30-bed ward has faced a series of delays.

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