LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

The world-famous Peto Institute in Budapest, Hungary

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

10 May 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:48

Description

The Princess of Wales has been visiting the world famous Peto Institute in Budapest, Hungary, which promotes conductive education, an intensive form of physiotherapy. Cerebral palsy sufferer Dawn Rogers met the princess; Dawn’s father John tells of the sacrifices they had to make because the local education authority in Nottingham refused to pay for her to attend the Institute. Angela Smith from Somerset talks about her son, Jacob, at the Peto. Nicky Broyd reports.

Contributors

Nicky Broyd; Dawn Rogers; John Rogers; Angela Smith

Keywords

British; Children (age group); Patients; Royal visits; Royal family; Hungary; Princess Diana; Therapy; Cerebral palsy; Budapest; Peto Institute; Physiotherapy

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