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Dr Shetty's prescription for the NHS

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Indian surgeon Dr Devi Shetty is called "the Henry Ford of heart surgery", having made complicated operations more affordable and more available.

Today's Sanchia Berg has been to meet him to find out how.

And Stephen Dorrell, chair of the Health Select Committee, assesses how Shetty's work could impact on the NHS.


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