On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:38:55 +0100, "nightjar".me.uk wrote:

The private hospital does seem to be well equipped; it has a laminar
flow operating theatre for example.

That rings the "marketing puff" alarm bell in my mind. I'd rather
know that the autoclaves are properly maintained and used correctly
so that all the bits of steel they stick in me are clean and sterile
and that their procedures for rotating stocks of consumables are
robust so nothing is "out of date" and that the prodecures for
counting all the bits in and all the bits out are similary robust.

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Cheers
Dave.