50 Years of Dialysis
In 1965, the first person in the West Midlands to have long-term dialysis for kidney failure started treatment at East Birmingham Hospital. Here is a short documentary on the years since.
Our Entertainment: Sir Elton and The BOA
View 4 free chapters of the recently published Understanding Kidney Diseases by Drs Hugh Rayner, Mark Thomas and David Milford.
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The inaugural episode of The BBC’s ‘Tomorrow’s World’ was broadcast 7th July 1965 on BBC 1.
Derek Cooper, with help from consultant physician Dr Charles Fletcher, investigates new advances in kidney dialysis machines designed to work in the home and follows the range of opinions about this development.
Recollections of early days on the East Birmingham dialysis unit by Dr John Hawkins.
Faces from the Past
Press Cuttings
These press cuttings are a reminder of the problems that had to be overcome in setting up the first dialysis service in the West Midlands.
