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Australian man survives 100 days with artificial heart in world-first success (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 40 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Apparently you can live with a BiVACOR TAH for around 10 years without replacement due to the Maglev system inside it.

Gosh it feels like cyberpunk 2077 is just a few years away, we just need more corporate built cities.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    oh yay, a techno dystopia, just wait for the repo men after you miss your heart payment

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This is Australia, so the patient would be out of pocket about $2.50 for parking at the hospital.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Canada's the same except we have serious parking mafia and it's c$20.

    When my dear friend suffered a Widowmaker heart attack, and they lit up and staffed a theatre on an early holiday Sunday morning for a brace of stents, he didn't have to sell his house to make payments for it... Because it was c$20 for parking and a bit more for some really bad coffee. Costs were borne by all of us and it was pre-paid from taxes.

    Dude survived and annoys us with his sarcasm and piss-takes to this day.

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