{
  "id": 12288175,
  "title": "Experiencing double inpatient surgeries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/experiencing-double-inpatient-surgeries",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-06T03:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/20261006/experiencing-double-inpatient-surgeries"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In her mid-eighties, the reporter found herself in the hospital at Korea University Anam Hospital (KUAH) for the first time back-to-back, a span of two years apart. The first surgery, a conventional urology procedure, took place on July 12, 2024. It lasted for an hour and she was admitted for five days to remove a concerning tumor within her urinary bladder. This date coincides with the assassination attempt on then U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. The second surgery, an automated robotic operation, was performed three hours later on August 28, 2026. She recalls it happening two days after Nepal experienced a flash flood disaster. After this procedure, she was discharged after a week. During her time as a patient, she tuned into world news, including the global events happening around her. Before the first surgery was conducted, divers were already working in the background, preparing for the medical procedures ahead.",
  "summary": "Despite being in my mid-80s, I have consecutively been hospitalized at the Korea University Anam Hospital (KUAH) over two-year interval for the first time in my lifetime. One was a conventional urology surgery where a cystoscopy tumor was detected. The other was thyroid surgery to check the diameter of a tumor attached to my left adrenal gland to determine whether it was benign or malignant. The…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Experiencing double inpatient surgeries",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/experiencing-double-inpatient-surgeries-12291818",
        "published": "2026-10-06T03:47:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}