Portsea Island Discs: Maurice Slapak, transplant surgeon

Title

Portsea Island Discs: Maurice Slapak, transplant surgeon

Transmission details

3 Mar 1985

Description

This week, Portsea Island Discs brings to the programme one of Britain’s most famous transplant surgeons, working in Portsmouth. His name: Dr Maurice Slapak, and Andy Ferriss talks to him to know more about this fabulous man. Last summer, he was the driving force making a successful transplant olympics held on Sussex Common. He talks about his life and his career. He was bred in Africa, Kenya, with his parents that came from Poland in the early 30s. When he was younger, he came to England alone because he wanted to study to be a doctor. And now, that he is specialized on transplants of organs, he says that we are in short of kidneys. He is waiting for the day when hospitals will be able to dump the dialysis machines and all the bad kidneys can be substituted by human organs transplant. He also talks about blood products and AIDS. [Box 7]

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Notes

Track 1- Music at approx 0-3 mins; 7-10 mins. Track 2- Music at 0-4 mins; 7-9 mins; 13-15 mins; 19 mins to end. Track 3- Music at approx 3-6 mins; 8 mins to end. Track 4- Music at approx 4 mins to end.

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Speed:- 7.5ips

Production company

Radio Victory

Technical information

Stereo

Extent

1 tape

Credits

Presenter

Andy Ferriss

Interviewees

Maurice Slapak