Cancer scandal in Birmingham hospital
- Title
- Cancer scandal in Birmingham hospital
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 26 Aug 1993
- Year of production
- 1993
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- Duration
- 00:01:15
- Description
- Richard Frediani reports from Blackpool on local teenager Debbie Leary who was wrongfully diagnosed in the Birmingham Royal Orthopaedic Hospital cancer scandal, a report into which has just been released, receiving months of unnecessary chemotherapy, at least 41 other patients were affected. The family are to mount a legal battle. Debbie talks about how she lost all her hair, her father Roy Leary fears for the side effects of the chemotherapy and her mother Linda Leary fears for another mistake. For Drivetime show.
- Contributors
- Debbie Leary; Roy Leary; Linda Leary; Richard Frediani
- Keywords
- Reports; Health services; Hospitals; Birmingham; Compensation; Cancer; Medical treatment; Blackpool; Drivetime (radio programme); Diagnosis; Royal Orthopaedic Hospital; South Birmingham Health Authority; Carol Starkey; Diagnostic tests
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