Central News East: 27.10.1987: Asbestos in Hospitals

Summary

Malcolm Munro report on the need to clear asbestos from three hospitals in Nottingham.

Year:

1987

Duration:

0:02:10

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

Central Television

Master format:

Betacam SP

Description

Asbestos has been found in basement pipe insulation at the City Hospital, Mapperley Hospital and Nottingham General Hospital. Views of work that has already been carried out to make a basement area of the Nottingham City Hospital safe, including a steel door with warning signs, as well as a shot of an unsafe area. Freeze frame of the General Hospital exterior. Library exterior shot of Mapperley Hospital. Interview with Keith Sykes of Nottingham Health Authority who said that most of the asbestos was in the basements and not patient areas but it would cost between one and two million pounds to clear. View of asbestos signs on a ventilator in the grounds of the City Hospital.


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