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Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre

Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre rather than just read about it. In short: The Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre (Greek: Ωνάσειο Καρδιοχειρουργικό Κέντρο) or simply Onassio (Ωνάσειο) is a model hospital, specialized in adult and pediatric heart diseases, and is a donation of the non-profit Alexander S. Onassis Foundation to the Greek State.

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Reference excerpt

The Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre (Greek: Ωνάσειο Καρδιοχειρουργικό Κέντρο) or simply Onassio (Ωνάσειο) is a model hospital, specialized in adult and pediatric heart diseases, and is a donation of the non-profit Alexander S. Onassis Foundation to the Greek State. It is a non-profit legal entity under private law and operates under the supervision of the Greek Ministry of Health. It is located in Kallithea, Athens, at the end of Syngrou Avenue (Syngrou 356). The Onassio Cardiac Surgery Center was the scene where the last act of the active political life of Andreas Papandreou, prime minister of Greece and protagonist of its public life for decades, took place. For 4 months, from 29 November 1995 to 21 March 1996, Papandreou was hospitalized at Onassio submitting his resignation as prime minister on 15 January 1996.

History One of the goals of the "Alexander S. Onassis" Charitable Foundation (which was founded in 1975 by the daughter of Aristotle Onassis, Christina) was the creation of a modern cardiac surgery center in Athens, since, while cardiac surgeries had already begun to be performed in Greece, the capabilities of state hospitals could not meet the needs of the Greek population, resulting in the ever-increasing exodus of a large number of heart patients abroad. Construction work began in October 1987 (the foundation stone was laid on October 8, 1987, by the then Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou (1919-1996), who was to become the most famous patient of Onassios) and was completed in September 1992. On October 6, 1992, the official opening of the operation took place of the center. Onassio cost a total of 75 million dollars (at the exchange rate prevailing in 1992) and is located on an area of 8,000 sq.m. A large part of the total cost was allocated to furnishing the center with the most advanced technical means of operation and the most modern scientific instruments.

References

External links Official website (in Greek)

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre

In research: Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1992 establishments in Greece, Cardiac surgery, Hospitals established in 1992, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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