AIDS public health scare

Title

AIDS public health scare

Genre

Interview

TX Date

8 Apr 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:04:44

Description

Political correspondent Peter Russell interviews the Government’s Chief Medical Officer Sir Donald Acheson about the AIDS scare caused by an infected gynaecology doctor who worked in Trafford in Manchester and Bury St Edmunds. 1000 patients are now being contacted. He says risks are very small.

Contributors

Donald Acheson; Peter Russell

Keywords

Manchester; Doctors; Hospital patients; Public health personnel; HIV; Public health; Trafford; Bury St Edmunds

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