Sentence examples for waiting for surgery from inspiring English sources

This happened to me several times while I was waiting for surgery on my knees.

"Just laying in hospital waiting for surgery, I look similar to a hamster at the moment.

Still, Dr. Moon suggested waiting for surgery until the next week, when Dr. Realyvasquez returned.

TRACY KIDDER: I am told that PIH has set up in the central hospital in Port-au-Prince and that thousands are waiting for surgery there.

When he grew impatient waiting for surgery, Fiennes amputated the dead bits himself with a Black & Decker, with only cups of tea for anaesthetic.

At the Shifa hospital on Wednesday afternoon, Hamad Bakr was conscious and waiting for surgery to remove the shrapnel from his chest and drain fluid from his chest cavity.

Under the government's reforms, hospitals have been given the right to raise 49% of their funds through non-NHS work, often from patients seeking to avoid waiting for surgery.

On October 18 , 2004 Hickey and Smitty were lying on gurneys with I.V.s in their arms, waiting for surgery to begin, when their surgeon strode angrily up to Hickey, waving a newspaper.

"I never imagined anyone would help me the way they have helped me," she said as she waited for surgery.

Long wait for surgery is associated with increased costs.

But she was told day after day that she would have to wait for surgery.