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    "id": 618469,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Who are biomedical engineers? That is the big question. As we discuss this Bill, both the public and Parliament need to understand who they are. The word “bio” means ‘life”. Those are the engineers who deal with the equipment that is used within hospitals. They are concerned with the safety and lives of our patients. Biomedical engineers work hand-in-hand with medical staff in various areas within a hospital, including in theatres, where they make sure that the equipment is safe. Even when a patient is put to sleep so that he can be operated on, they make sure that, that equipment functions well and delivers the various gases in acceptable standards. They deal with the X-Ray facilities to make sure that they are well calibrated so that they do not give emissions that are not safe to patients who are using them. They also deal with radiotherapy. Any equipment that is within a hospital set up, be it a simple machine for suctioning fluids from the body or from the various orifices within the human being or complex equipment, a biomedical engineer will make sure that such an equipment is safe to save human life."
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