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The Christie hospital in Manchester gets proton beam machine
Hazel Pennington, lead radiographer at the Christie hospital explains why delivery of key part of proton therapy machine is so important.
Manchester's Christie hospital will be the first NHS unit to provide the treatment, meaning patients needing Proton Beam Therapy will no longer have to go abroad.
This clip is from Afternoon Edition on Thursday 22 June 2017.
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