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Title
Today Tonight (RTE) 'A hospice for the dying' episode aired April 23 1986
Subject
Care for the Dying and Pain Management
Description
Footage from an episode of RTE's Today Tonight series addressing the need for hospice care in Ireland. The footage features interviews with Dr John McCarthy from Our Lady's hospice in Harold's cross Dublin discussing the lack of pain control and hospice services for terminal patients. The footage also features interviews with a GP and Margo Mc Cambridge Matron of the Royal Hospital on issues related to providing care for terminally ill patients and controlling pain. A lengthy interview with Pauline Ellis a young woman with terminal cancer dying in our lady's hospice Harolds Cross. Pauline talks about her care in Our Lady's. This episode of Today Tonight was aired on April 23 1986, a day after the official launch of the Irish Hospice Foundation and its discussion about the state of care for dying patients generated an enormous response from viewers who contacted the hospice foundation offering donations and help. It was instrumental in raising public awareness of the lack of dedicated hospice care for the terminally ill and helped the Irish Hospice Foundation begin its campaign to extend hospice and palliative care across Ireland.
Creator
RTE- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Source
RTE archives- http://www.rte.ie/archives/
Publisher
RTE-Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Irish Hospice Foundation
Date
Originally transmitted: 23rd April, 1986
Rights
All Rights Reserved
Relation
RTE Archives- http://www.rte.ie/archives/
Type
Report: Moving image
Date Submitted
2016-09-28T11:07:04.000Z
License
All Rights Reserved
Copyright RTE
Provenance
Resource kindly given by RTE
Rights Holder
© RTÉ 2016-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd
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