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  "id": 20182736,
  "title": "Cape Town team prepares for South Africa’s first pioneering epilepsy procedure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/cape-town-team-prepares-for-south-africas-first-pioneering-epilepsy",
  "topic": "world",
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  "published": "2026-11-15T14:00:00.000Z",
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    "url": "https://iol.co.za/capetimes/2026-11-15-cape-town-team-prepares-for-south-africas-first-pioneering-epilepsy-procedure/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A multidisciplinary team at Mediclinic Constantiaberg is preparing to perform South Africa's first stereo-EEG procedure. The pioneering technique identifies where epileptic seizures originate in the brain, potentially opening the door to surgery for patients whose epilepsy does not respond to medication.",
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