LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Boy dies during power failure

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

29 Sep 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:01:36

Description

Managers at Guy’s Hospital have denied that a power failure in one of their intensive care units caused the death of a nine year-old boy. The child, who had earlier undergone a complicated operation, suffered a heart attack during the twenty-five minute loss of power. Paul Ging reports.

Contributors

Phil Thompson; Paul Ging; Tim Matthews; Michael Marsh

Keywords

Deaths; Health services; Hospitals; Children (age group); Patients; Guy’s Hospital; Electric power

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