Organ donor appeal by parents

Title

Organ donor appeal by parents

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

19 Oct 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:32

Description

The parents of young child, Linda Prime, are waiting to see if her body will accept her lifesaving liver transplant. Doctors at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge undertook a ten hour operation yesterday. Linda’s mother Tina Dempsey and father David Prime speak to press about the importance of organ donors coming forward and raising the awareness of liver diseases.

Contributors

Tina Dempsey; David Prime

Keywords

Organ transplantation; Cambridge; Liver diseases; Liver transplantation; Linda Prime; Addenbrooke’s Hospital

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