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11 results found for '"Organ donation"' in Keywords.
Organ donation proposals (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on a bill to secure vital organs (specifically kidneys) from the clinically dead, without the need to seek permission from next of kin. Only 5% of people currently carry kidney donor cards, and...
Compulsory organ donation (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male politician on the possibility of making organ donation compulsory. He argues that persuasion has failed, and claims that Secretary of State for Social Services, David Ennals is supporting...
Ronald Marney, heart transplant patient, dies (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male (medical spokesman?) on the death of heart transplant patient Ronald Marney (30/03/80), two months after being given a new heart at Harefield Hospital in west London. Male interviewer not...
Donor’s mother on heart transplant (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Marlene Richardson, mother of the late Paul Richardson, on her decision to allow her son’s heart to be used in the transplant operation of London obstetrician and gynaecologist David Williams. Male...
Keith Castle heart transplant (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a female speaker (not identified) about Keith Castle - heart transplant recipient. The speaker is presumably the mother of the heart donor and she speaks about meeting Keith after his...
Youngest heart and lung transplant (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the youngest heart and lung transplant patient, a two-and-a-half-month-old baby. Jem Paterson’s parents, Ian and Jane Paterson, recall the moment they found out their child would need a...
Reg Price receives kidney from wife (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Reg Price having received a kidney from his wife, Janet. She talks about the decision and Reg speaks about the amazement of medical staff that his wife’s organ was compatible, and how he feels...
Turk claims kidney removed without knowledge (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Unemployed Turk, Ahmet Koc claims he had no idea he was going to have a kidney removed at London’s Humana Wellington hospital even though he signed a consent form. Hospital director Ron Hytoff says Koc...
Organs-for-sale scandal (1990)
- Genre
- News report
Report on a (General Medical Council?) hearing in the case of three doctors - Dr Raymond Crockett, Mr Michael Bewick and Mr Michael Joyce - accused of acquiring a kidney from a live Turkish man under NHS...
Child dies waiting for heart transplant (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the death of Catherine Hurley, a 4-year-old waiting for a heart transplant which never came. Includes Catherine’s mother Annette Hurley speaking on LBC a month ago; Dr Mike Rigby of the Royal...