Opening of transplant unit Ormond Street

Title

Opening of transplant unit Ormond Street

Genre

Interview

TX Date

5 Nov 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:59

Description

Children’s campaigner and TV celebrity Esther Rantzen on the new heart and lung transplant unit at Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital, the cost of which has largely been met by public donation, which she has just opened. On the difference the operation makes to children’s lives; significance of the unit; new transplantation technology; and importance of organ donation.

Contributors

Esther Rantzen

Keywords

Heart surgery; Heart transplantation; Transplantation; Hospitals; Children (age group); Great Ormond Street children’s hospital

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