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Radio 4,31 Jan 2018,15 mins

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Sarah is 10 years old. She scratched her knee, developed an infection and when that infection threatened her life, her parents agreed to have her leg amputated. It's been a waiting game ever since. Have the doctors managed to cut all of the infection out? They're about to find out... Oliver Emanuel's potent and playful drama set in a near-future in which doctors can no longer prescribe antibiotics. Lizzie ...... Christine Bottomley Woolfson ...... Robin Laing Developed through Wellcome Experimental Stories in consultation with Professor Joanna Coast and Dr Adam Roberts. Director: Kirsty Williams. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.

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