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Fifth Heart Patient Ready To Go Home
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Date: September 2, 2008
Fifth Heart Patient Ready To Go Home
Waikato
Hospital's fifth recipient of the Transcatheter Aortic
Valve
Implantation was 79-year-old Tokoroa man Graeme
Gubb.
Mr Gubb, also known as Taff, has recovered extremely
well from his
operation on Friday and is due to return
home to Tokoroa later today.
A photo of Mr Gubb and
Cardiac Care clinical nurse manager Sue Martin,
plus a
sound bite from Mr Gubb post-surgery are available by
visiting
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Waikato District Health Board
Healthy People. Excellent Care
Waikato District Health Board (DHB) employs over 6500 people and plans, funds and provides hospital and health services to more than 391,770 people in a region covering eight per cent of New Zealand.
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