operating theatre
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"If we do not invest in our workforce and in our operating theatre capacity, we may be in a position in the future where we cannot do the emergency caesareans we need to," she adds.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
"I was conscious all the way to the operating theatre."
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
Under the harsh lights of an operating theatre in the Indian capital, Delhi, a woman lies motionless as surgeons prepare to remove her gallbladder.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
Tracy Turner, 51, of Roath, Cardiff, an operating theatre assistant at University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff, has pleaded not guilty to eight charges.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
That is Tommy's way of announcing that he is to go under the surgeon's knife, on a visit to the operating theatre.
From Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital by Ward Muir
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