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Operating theater

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An operating theater is a place within a hospital where surgeons do operations in a germ-free environment. It is referred as "theater" because earlier there would be seats for medical students and spectators to watch the activity of the surgeons.

File:Minor surgery in minor operation theater.jpg
Minor surgery in minor operating theater