{
  "id": 9093195,
  "title": "New lease on life for scoliosis sufferers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/new-lease-on-life-for-scoliosis-sufferers",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-22T05:07:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
    "slug": "jamaica-gleaner",
    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20260922/new-lease-life-scoliosis-sufferers"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two patients underwent corrective scoliosis surgery at no cost at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) during a two-day surgical programme involving UHWI clinicians and international non-profit organisation Back to Healing. All specialised implants required for the procedures were donated, removing a major cost associated with corrective scoliosis surgery.",
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        "outlet": "Jamaica Gleaner",
        "title": "New lease on life for scoliosis sufferers - Two patients receive free corrective surgeries at UHWI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/new-lease-on-life-for-scoliosis-sufferers-two-patients-receive-free",
        "published": "2026-09-22T05:07:37.000Z"
      }
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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."
}