TECHNOLOGY have shown great improvements with pain levels reduced .
That has put a big demand on production . Contura is looking at increasing production from 100,000 syringes this year , to many hundred of thousands over the coming years .
A need for healthy knees Over the past two years , public admiration for doctors and medical practitioners has shone brighter across the world . While providing COVID-19 patients with oxygen and distributing the vaccine is life-saving , where would the world be without functioning knees ?
“ The one thing you were allowed to do at the height of the pandemic was to take walks , but if your knees don ' t allow that , it ' s very difficult to exercise at all ”, said Tailor .
In the UK , there are up to six million people on the waiting list for procedures , such as a knee replacement , who can ’ t even get appointments due to the consequences of COVID-19 . Contura ’ s hydrogel could help those patients by providing immediate pain relief , until they can have the operation .
“ Alongside all the fantastic scientists that have been helping with the vaccines , we ' re lucky to have our fantastic engineers and scientists in Copenhagen who have worked so hard on our gel ”, said Tailor .
Digital healthcare will support patient access to balanced information Across the healthcare industry , digital healthcare has risen in prominence over the pandemic .
“ I think it ' s going to factor in more and more into what we do at Contura ”, said Tailor . “ We know that social media is becoming an important information source for patients and for doctors . We need to be able to communicate effectively through digital channels – it ’ s an area where we are actively hiring . Digital healthcare is only going to get bigger and we want to embrace it , but make sure we give information in a proper , fair and balanced way .”
“ It ' s very important that we don ' t mislead and there ' s a lot of misinformation . While we ' ll be providing information , actually , I think it ' s better for us to provide information to independent organisations ,
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