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Family rejects report into death of boy days after he was sent home from A&E
The family of a five-year-old boy who died a week after he was sent home from a hospital emergency department has rejected a report which found that his care was appropriate and “an admission was not clinically required”.
Yusuf Mahmud...
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Junior doctors strike at Royal Derby Hospital
Junior doctors and consultants in England have launched their longest period of joint strike action after beginning their three-day walkout.
Numbers were out in force at Royal Derby Hospital on Monday carrying placards in their fight...
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Air ambulance crew member injured after being hit by laser pen beam
Quotes from Yorkshire Air Ambulance technical crew member Alex Clark and chief pilot Owen McTeggert after Clark was hit in the eye by a laser beam while the aircraft was in transit close to Bradford on Friday.
Clark talks about the...
Bloomberg
Thai PM Aims to Regulate Cannabis for Medical Use Only
Thailand's new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin says the country's cannabis policy will need to be rewritten to only allow usage for medical purposes. He spoke with Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin.
Bloomberg
Biden Targets J&J, Bristol Drugs for Medicare Price Cuts
The Biden administration says 10 prescription drugs will be subject to price negotiations with Medicare. The White House says some prices could be cut in half. Bloomberg's John Tozzi reports.
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Politics daily briefing: August 24
All the latest political news in the UK, with consultants announcing more strike action as a second walkout begins meaning patients could face “severe delays”.
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Science Secretary observes one of healthcare's new 22 AI projects
Science Secretary Michelle Donelan observes an AI presentation on how AI can be used to improve surgical outcomes for one of the most common types of brain tumour.
Bloomberg
Milken Doesn't See Deeper Troubles in Financial System
"It's interest-rate losses, it's not credit losses, that are rolling through." Michael Milken, founder of the Milken Institute, shares his views on the banking crisis and the bond market. He speaks with Haslinda Amin on "Bloomberg...
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Junior doctors strike outside Leicester Royal Infirmary
Junior doctors stand on a picket line in Leicester, as they begin a four-day strike in a worsening dispute over pay.
The strikes centre around a pay row between the BMA and Government, with the union claiming junior doctors in England...
British Movietone
NEW LIGHT ON TOMORROW
The newest form of light, the Laser beam, made by passing ordinary light through a ruby, has proved to be an amazing source of new power. Though still in its early days, it is already being used in industry, for precision measuring, for...
British Movietone
NURSE OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Mrs Margaret Thatcher presented Awards to the top Nurses of 1977. There were several categories of Awards and the major title went to Sister Betty Earnshaw of Cheshire. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...
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DOCTORS' HOBBIES
On show at the Doctors' Hobbies Exhibition, recently held in London, were paintings, a ship made of matchsticks. Violin (one of them used by Yehudi Menuhin) won first prize at the show for Dr Gordon. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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CARRY ON, NIGHT NURSE!
The Royal Victorian Infirmary at Newcastle-upon-Tyne - claims to be the first hospital to start the ""nurse on wheels"". The sisters use runabouts, powered by twelve volt batteries. They are completely silent, so that the patients will...
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AROUND THE CIRCUITS
At the Phillip Island Circuits in Victoria, Australia, Graham Hill and Jim Clark are joined by Jackie Stewart for a close look at the track which is being completely re-surfaced - and the Powder Puff Derby at Adelaide. A collision...
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COMMON COLD RESEARCH
The Common Cold Research Unit at Harvard Hospital, Salisbury. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical...
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QUEEN MOTHER AT ST. MARY'S
The Queen Mother's first engagement since her return to this country was a visit to St. Mary's Hospital Medical School. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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TRAILER: JET PROPELLED GERMS
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CHINA - NATIONALISTS FIGHT TO STEM COMMUNISTS
In Washington, Mrs Chiang Kai Shek is greeted by Mrs Marshall. The former asks for assistance from America. ® At Yenan City, communist HQ, the Communist leader, Mao Tse-Tung looks around. ® In the town of Suchow, fighting in progress,...
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TRAILER: ""JET PROPELLED GERMS""
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""TIN OPENER"" TO SAVE LIVES
A new device for saving lives in crashed cars, has been invented. It is a two ton van equipped with an air compressor and a range of pneumatic cutting tools that can cut the roof off a car in fifty seconds. Disclaimer: British Movietone...
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DENTAL HEALTH - ON TAP?
There seems to be some doubt as to whether the introduction of fluoride into our water supply is altogether beneficial to our dental health. Authoress Barbara Cartland is one of the most militant critics. She is offering bottles and...
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HER MAJESTY IN MIDLANDS
Mansfield and Worksop were just two of the stops on the Queen's Midland tour. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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NO TONIC FOR THE NURSES
Some 10,000 nurses came to Trafalgar Square in London, to demonstrate support of their pay claim. Many carried banners expressing disgust at the Government's 2½ per cent pay offer. It was the biggest gathering of nurses ever seen in...
British Movietone
CAMERAMAN BECOMES CAVEMAN
Our West Country Cameraman went along with a Cave Rescue Team from Seale Hayne Agricultural College in Devon. The scene of the operation was Priddensleigh Cave near Ashburton. Heavy rain on the day of the expedition, produced flooding...