A 60-year revolution in surgery

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BBC NEWS | Health | A 60-year revolution in surgery

Of the millions of topics I know nothing about, medicine/healthcare is one of them (being so fit and all :-).

So this list of innovations in healthcare is quite amazing. I think the ability to treat cataracts, and the eradication of smallpox are both 'innovations' as well.

I also think how Cuba, through the constraint of not being able to afford reactive healthcare, unlike most other countries, innovated by shifting focus to preventative healthcare.

I think Cuba's healthcare innovation, like many great 'quiet' innovations are focused on getting in control of what you don't want to do, not what you end up doing (to paraphrase Steve Jobs).