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Founded in 2011 by surgeon and author Dr Atul Gawande, along with leading medical professional institutions; the Association of Anaesthetists, the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists, Lifebox is the leading NGO addressing unsafe surgery and anesthesia. Lifebox’s flagship program, developed a low-cost and low-resource-adapted pulse oximeter for monitoring patients during anesthesia, which has been donated to over 20,000 anesthesia providers in more than 100 countries.
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