Child dies waiting for heart transplant

Title

Child dies waiting for heart transplant

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

12 Jul 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:10

Description

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 Brompton Hospital on the child’s fight for life, and subsequent death and thanking LBC for its efforts in appealing for a donor. David Kermode reports.

Contributors

David Kermode; Annette Hurley; Mike Rigby

Keywords

Deaths; Surgery; Heart transplantation; Children (age group); Organ donation; LBC; Angela Rippon; Catherine Hurley; Royal Brompton Hospital

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