Survivors
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| First episode date | November 23, 2008 |
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| Final episode date | February 23, 2010 |
| Networks | BBC |
| BBC One | |
| Creators | Terry Nation |
| Adrian Hodges | |
| Feb 16, 2010 | |
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| ID | 896876 |
About Survivors
A handful of survivors are left after a flu-like virus wipes out most of the world's population.
Thalidomide: Australia gives national apology to survivors and families
...By Hannah RitchieBBC News, SydneyAustralia s prime minister has given a national apology to Survivors of the thalidomide scandal and their families...
Scout Association fees rise to pay for new safeguarding measures
...By Paul Grant & Hayley HassallBBC File on 4The Scout Association is overhauling its safeguarding procedures following a campaign by abuse Survivors - with a membership fee rise to cover the costs...
Afghanistan: Thousands dead and homes flattened in earthquakes
... Whole villages were flattened in some areas - Survivors are mourning relatives and friends and many have lost homes and livestock...
Libya floods: 5,300 dead amid calls for humanitarian support
... Rescue teams are digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings in the hope of finding Survivors - but hope is waning and the death toll is still expected to rise further...
Manipur: India outrage after two women paraded naked in violence-hit state
... It has also raised questions about the failure of the state in comforting the Survivors - and finally forced Mr Modi to make a statement on the ethnic violence...
'Church seems less safe' says bishop after abuse panel sacked
... Their sacking has been met with criticism from some Survivors and their advocates and now some members of the clergy...
Turkey earthquake: Hope as foreign help arrives in quake-ravaged Antakya
... The men and women from UK International Service and Rescue took a round of applause from the waiting crowd and moved on, looking for more Survivors...
South Korea Halloween crush: The lost belongings in pictures
... But now - just days later - Survivors and victims families have been invited into the hall, so they can pick out items that belonged to them or their loved ones...
Coronavirus is from the doctor's diary: A pair of inseparable in sickness and in health
On Tuesday, Dr John Wright , Bradford Royal Infirmary, The Story of a couple who married Covid community hours told, before one of them died. Here he meets two Other People , in Love - But This Time both are on the path of recovery.
25. April 2020raised When a couple in the 60s, you to The Hospital by ambulance within hours of each other, both of them were a cause for concern. Her oxygen levels were very low. Michael David Blessington, 68, had also recently, Lung Cancer was diagnosed, while Mary Elizabeth Blessington, a year younger than Her Husband , severe asthma.
to ask that The Situation was worrying enough for the employees, Michael, if he wants to be revived in The Event of a sudden crisis.
"at first I said to myself, If I'm bad with this, and there is no Way Out of it, then by all means...'," says Michael. "But then, when I spoke to Maria, She Said , 'you don; T say that', and I've changed my mind. "
"I told him he was not to leave me too fast," says Mary.
Michael was taken to ward 29, Mary ward 23, and these interfere with their oldest son, Craig, of the call, and started asking The Hospital again and again, whether his parents are given adjacent beds. He knew how much everyone would worry about The Other .
"you were, since you were 13," he says. "You were at Rhodesway school and had just started to see each other, when mom hit you over The Head with a rounders ball. Dad jumped out The School window to her," he says.
"you'd do anything for each other, they are Always Together . On your holiday Dad , the fish, and the mother sits beside him and reads. Papa is full of tattoos and is a real character, But their relationship is unique. "
Finally, it was possible to meet Craig's request, and Mary was moved next to Michael, in a Bay to the municipality 29.
"she went to The Hospital on Saturday [11. April] and on Thursday we got a phone to Dad . I was making calls to, the related information service, and they helped us. When Dad got The Phone , called us, and The First thing He Said was, 'I says to her "" Craig.
"We think this was the Turning Point for Dad - he had thought so ill, we he would die. He was grey, couldn't breathe and was getting worse. If they were, him and the mom together, that was the Turning Point . You could see it from there, for the father in any case. "
Front-line-diaryProf John Wright , a physician and epidemiologist, is head of the Bradford Institute for Health Research, and a veteran of cholera, HIV and ebola epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa. He writes the diary for the Bbc News and the recording of The Hospital departments for BBC Radio 4 The NHS Front
feared Both Michael and Maria's the worst for a while.
"It is a terrible thing, I thought I would die. The First night I asked The Doctors to Give Me an injection and let me die," says Mary.
"It's an absolutely terrible thing. I went through the birth and the severity of asthma attacks and it is nothing like it.
"And it is frightening to the Station. The staff are all suits in this protection, and you can't see the people. You run down the Church, if someone crashes, and there are people who die. So we feel sometimes, you know, " What will happen to us?'"
We are getting better and better in celebration of our Survivors , each patient that leaves the Station is a triumph. But this joy can not Make Up for The Tragedy of patients dying in numbers we have never seen before.
Michael is one of our triumphs, though, and I hope Mary will soon be. You can see side-by-side, look so much better, is particularly poignant, because her illness came after a series of other concerns, including Michael's diagnosis of Lung Cancer and the Sudden Death of her middle son, Paul, in February.
you can Michaels to assess the current state of health from this excerpt of our conversation,-
Michael: I have a double bed wants.
Me: A double hospital bed... we should try and put in a Special Request . We have a Honeymoon Suite ?
Michael: Yes, we never had our honeymoon.
Mary: you don't have the energy!
Michael: Don ' T test me!
It is clear, lift the mood with each other and are Looking Forward to The Day when Maria, as Michael is well enough to be discharged, and you can go. Michael says he dreams of a Full English Breakfast, while Mary thinks lovingly of fish and chips.
And you have your 48. To celebrate wedding anniversary in September.
"We have cared so well Here , But we want to get Back Home ," says Michael. "This is what we wait for now. "
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