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British Royal highlights anesthesia crisis in the developing world

Anesthesia has fallen behind other medical specialties in the developing world and this has had a major impact on mother and child deaths and overall health care says Prince Andrew. He has called for international action to help provide effective, reliable anesthesia, pointing out that these should be "universal human rights."

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