Bosnian child treated in UK

Title

Bosnian child treated in UK

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

11 Aug 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:55

Description

Jeremy Hillman reports on the condition of Irma Hadzimuratovic a Bosnian girl airlifted to Britain and being treated at Great Ormond Street Hospital after being injured by a Serbian bomb in Sarajevo; need to help other children in Bosnia and how Prime Minister John Major personally took action on Irma. Speakers include Mamon Nahass(?) head of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Information Centre; John Major; shadow Health Secretary David Blunkett; Sylvana Foa of UNHCR; Vivian Grycogeno(?), senior physiotherapist of the Royal Masonic Hospital.

Contributors

John Major; David Blunkett; Jeremy Hillman; Mamon Nahass(?); Vivian Grycogeno(?); Sylvana Foa

Keywords

Health services; UK; Ethnic conflicts; Children (age group); Humanitarian assistance; Refugees; Medical treatment; Foreign aid; Wars (events); Hospital patients; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Sarajevo; Yugoslav War (1991-1995); Great Ormond Street children’s hospital; Irma Hadzimuratovic

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