Sewing for life in La Ciotat
As a senior seamstress at the Getinge production site in La Ciotat, France, Aurélia Lungu does not count how many polyester vascular grafts she sews per day. Instead, she counts the number of patient treatments she enables.
For eight years, Aurélia Lungu has been a seamstress at Getinge in La Ciotat, France, part of the team that produces quality polyester grafts and patches to treat individuals with aortic and peripheral vascular diseases.
“It starts with a reel of thread and finishes with a high-quality medical device, a vascular graft used in the treatment of hundreds of