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31 results found for '"Organ transplantation"' in Keywords.
Boy being airlifted to Australia pending donor surgery (1977)
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Interview with Shirley Nolan, mother of Anthony Nolan, who has spent a long period in isolation in hospital and who is being airlifted out of Britain to spend the summer in Australia with his uncle whilst a...
Baboon hearts in surgery (1977)
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Interview with heart surgeon Professor Christiaan Barnard on technology used to keep patients hearts going including using baboon hearts. Male interviewer not identified.
Woman to have heart transplant (1978)
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An unidentified woman discusses her forthcoming heart transplant operation which will be the first in nearly ten years. She talks about her concerns, and about heart surgeons Christiaan Barnard and Donald...
Organ donation proposals (1979)
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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...
Donor’s mother on heart transplant (1980)
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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...
John Dwan on experimental artificial heart (1982)
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Utah Medical Center spokesman John Dwan on a new artificial heart being used in experimental surgery. Female interviewer not identified.
Artificial heart transplant (1982)
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Unidentified male speaker (from Utah Medical Center) explains the procedure of transplanting an artificial heart into one of the hospital’s patients. Female interviewer not identified.
Jennifer Thurgood on transplant (1984)
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Interview with heart and lung transplant patient Jennifer Thurgood, on the change in her quality of life following the operation. Female interviewer not identified. (Jennifer Thurgood died six weeks after...
Keith Castle on heart transplants (1984)
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The first surviving British transplant patient, Keith Castle, talks about the wisdom of the heart transplant operation on baby Holly Roffey, the youngest ever heart transplant patient, and on his own health...
Heart transplant baby Holly dies (1984)
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Hospital spokesman, Paul Haig, talks about the death of the youngest heart transplant patient, baby Holly Roffey. Male interviewer not identified.