ATV Today: 19.07.1977: Hospital sit-in patient Mrs. Rita Ward

Summary

Hospital sit-in patient Mrs. Rita Ward who occupied a bed in Northampton Hospital and demanded her gallstone operation that she claimed she had waited 18 months for.

Year:

1977

Duration:

0:02:44

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Report on the siutation by Bob Hall and the counter claim from the consultant surgeon, John Chapman, that the woman had only been on a waiting list for 3 weeks. Interview with Mr. Edward Ward, justifying his wife's action. Interview with Brian Higgins, Chairman of local Socialist Workers Party, re how he would encourage similar action for people waiting for operations.


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