Former president Reagan has brain operation
- Title
- Former president Reagan has brain operation
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
- TX Date
- 9 Sep 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:02:36
- Description
- Paul Woodley reports from the United States where surgeons have successfully operated on former US President Ronald Reagan to remove fluid from his brain, believed to be a direct result of a riding accident in early July on holiday in Mexico. Includes interviews with Edward Laws, neurosurgeon; Gary Dennis, neurosurgeon; archive speech by Reagan.
- Contributors
- Paul Woodley; Ronald Reagan; Edward Laws; Gary Dennis
- Keywords
- USA; Surgery; Presidents; Ronald Reagan; Neurosurgery
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LBC/IRN, "Former president Reagan has brain operation". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0010100345004 (Accessed 16 Dec 2025)