Victim on flesh eating superbug disease

Title

Victim on flesh eating superbug disease

Genre

Interview

TX Date

24 May 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:02:19

Description

Interview with victim Diana(?) Harwood of Haringey following the recent outbreak - and her painful experience - of the superbug streptococcal Group A flesh-eating disease, which in her case progressed from a sore throat to a rash and swelling of her arms and legs; the many hospital misdiagnoses of her case; her eventual emergency operation. Male interviewer not identified. For Morning Report. Cataloguer’s note: Speaker identified in clip as Diane Harwood (possibly the Conservative councillor of that name) but elsewhere in archive as Diana.

Contributors

Diane? Harwood; Diana? Harwood

Keywords

Infectious diseases; Haringey; Streptococcal infections

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