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14 results found for '"Liver"' in Keywords.
Our kind of town (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Music
Our Kind of Town, presented by Richard Robbins. This episode focuses on the problem of alcoholism in London. Includes interviews with Alcoholics Anonymous member Ronnie; general secretary of the AA, Bill;...
Liver cancer vaccine (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male medical spokesman (poss. Professor Ken Murray, head of research team at Edinburgh University), following the announcement of the potential discovery of a vaccination protecting against...
Rebecca Heyworth liver transplant case (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Christopher Heyworth on the condition of his 4 year-old daughter, Rebecca Heyworth, who is desperately in need of a liver transplant in order to save her life. He appeals for a donor. The...
Triple transplant patient goes home (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with triple transplant patient, Davina Thompson, as she prepares to leave Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire, following the world’s first heart, lungs, and liver transplant operation. Female...
A-bomb victim takes case to High Court (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
51 year-old Melvin Pearce from Bristol was serving in the Royal Engineers in 1957 when the army exploded an atom bomb just a few miles away from him, off Christmas Island. Pearce is now seriously ill and...
A-bomb victim wins right to sue Government (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Melvin Pearce from Bristol was serving in the Royal Engineers in 1957 when the army exploded an atom bomb just a few miles away from him, off Christmas Island. Today’s unanimous ruling by the Law Lords...
Organ donor appeal by parents (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference
The parents of young child, Linda Prime, are waiting to see if her body will accept her lifesaving liver transplant. Doctors at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge undertook a ten hour operation yesterday....
Liver found for Linda Prime (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with David Prime, father of two-year-old Linda Prime, who’s urgently in need of a liver transplant, after she was rushed to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge when a potential donor was found....
Liver transplant for Aisling Barnett (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Nicky Broyd reports on the case of Aisling Barnett from Hackney who has undergone a liver transplant operation at London’s King’s College Hospital. She suffered acute liver failure just five weeks after...
Pregnant women warned not to eat liver (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Chief Medical Officer Sir Donald Acheson on Government warnings to pregnant women to stay away from liver and liver products because of fears that its high vitamin A content may cause birth defects....