AIDS scare in Sidcup after eye surgeon diagnosed with HIV

Title

AIDS scare in Sidcup after eye surgeon diagnosed with HIV

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

6 Jul 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:45

Description

Mark Phillips reports from the headquarters of Bexley Health Authority where worried eye patients have called a special AIDS helpline after reports that a London surgeon has been diagnosed as HIV positive. Peter Curran who works at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup has operated on hundreds of patients but officials say there is little or no risk of any of them contracting the virus. Includes interviews with Dr Liz Dean; Stephen Collinson, Chief Executive of Queen Mary’s; Roy Cornes, HIV sufferer (copyright recording from Richard & Judy television show, ITV); Dr Patrick Dixon, Medical Director of ACET (AIDS Care Education and Training).

Contributors

Mark Phillips; ITV; Patrick Dixon; Liz Dean; Roy Cornes; Stephen Collinson

Keywords

London; UK; Hospitals; Bexley; Television programmes; AIDS; HIV; Surgeons; Peter Curran; Queen Mary’s Hospital; Sidcup; Roy Cornes; Richard & Judy

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