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The English Surgeon
When British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh first visited the KGB Hospital in Kiev in the early 1990s, patients were dying from simple brain tumours left untreated.
What is it like to have God-like surgical powers, yet to struggle against your own humanity? What is it like to try and save a life, and yet to fail? When British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh first visited the KGB Hospital in Kiev in the early 1990s, patients were dying from simple brain tumours left untreated. This real-life drama follows Marsh as he openly confronts the dilemmas of the doctor / patient relationship on one of his many regular missions to Ukraine in recent years.
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Sun 15 May 201621:10GMT
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