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Wythenshawe Hospital has been named as the north?s swine flu centre ? amid fears of a new outbreak this winter.
It will be the only hospital in the region ? and one of just five in the country ? providing specialist treatment for seriously-ill H1N1 patients from next month.
Last winter, saw a huge surge in swine flu cases, with many patients suffering severe breathing problems. The virus killed 27 people in Greater Manchester. Wythenshawe was one of the hospitals chosen to pilot the highly-specialist treatment, called Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) last December.
Because the pilot was so successful, health secretary Andrew Lansley has released an extra ?10m to increase the availability of the ECMO technology.
The life-support technique uses a ?40,000 machine which takes blood from the heart, removes carbon dioxide, and pumps oxygen into it before pushing it back around the body.
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It will be the only hospital in the region ? and one of just five in the country ? providing specialist treatment for seriously-ill H1N1 patients from next month.
Last winter, saw a huge surge in swine flu cases, with many patients suffering severe breathing problems. The virus killed 27 people in Greater Manchester. Wythenshawe was one of the hospitals chosen to pilot the highly-specialist treatment, called Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) last December.
Because the pilot was so successful, health secretary Andrew Lansley has released an extra ?10m to increase the availability of the ECMO technology.
The life-support technique uses a ?40,000 machine which takes blood from the heart, removes carbon dioxide, and pumps oxygen into it before pushing it back around the body.
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