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Two young mothers back in a Newcastle hospital last night to enjoy a life-saving
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Two young mothers back in a Newcastle hospital last night to enjoy a life-saving
Two young mothers back in a Newcastle hospital last night to enjoy a life-saving experience 12 hours long. They were the first patients to use the new four-bed extension to the kidney machine centre at Rye Hill Hospital. Their life will now be regulated by twice - weekly journeys from their home to the centre, where they spend 12 hours talking, sleeping and reading while the artificial kidney filters the impurities from their blood. Mrs Lilliam Murphy, aged 28, of Gainford Road, Billingham amd Mrs Kathleen Chamberlain, aged 25, of Yeoman Street, Redcar, have been waiting for the new unit for more than two months. They have been travelling to the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, for a cruder form of artificial filtering. Their kidneys have ceased to function and they will need regular treatment fot the rest of their lives to avoid being poisoned by body impurities. Staff nurse Ann Wagstaff is seen adjusting the machine.
24th April 1967
NCJ
NCJ Archive
England
Media ID 21253010
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