Swedish bionic hand for disabled child

Title

Swedish bionic hand for disabled child

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:02:37

Description

The unidentified mother of a disabled child describes how she contacted Charles Langley of the Evening News after seeing a BBC Tomorrow’s World programme on Swedish-designed bionic hands. Langley instigated a campaign resulting in Alfred Morris MP raising the matter before Parliament so that the NHS might implement such hands. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Health services; Children; Disabled persons; Television programmes; Sweden; Evening News; Disabled children; Awareness-raising campaigns; Tomorrow’s World; Artificial limbs; Prosthesis design; Hand; Charles Langley; Alfred Morris

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