:10:03
We've shut it off.
:10:06
We hope his paralysis
will go away soon.
:10:10
Jolly good.
:10:13
Ah, you monkey!
:10:22
Damn ...
:10:24
The case before Division 3 of
the High Court this day 7.9. 1986 -
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- is Mrs Karen lversen, widow,
v. Århus County Hospital.
:10:36
lt is correct that in 1944
Karl lversen was examined -
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- using the radioactive chemical,
Thorotrast.
:10:43
lt is overwhelmingly probable
that it caused his liver cancer.
:10:49
However, at the time
an examination using Thorotrast -
:10:53
- was the usual and essential
procedure for any patient -
:10:59
- who had indisputably suffered
a cerebral haemorrhage -
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- and was in mortal danger.
The Medico-legal council -
:11:06
- has had two questions
put to it in this regard.
:11:10
Were there any warnings
in the 1930s and 1940s -
:11:14
- against the use of Thorotrast?
And at the time -
:11:19
- was there an alternative,
harmless chemical -
:11:24
- they could have used instead?
:11:26
The Medico-legal Council answers
both questions in the negative.
:11:29
There were no warnings
and no alternative.
:11:34
On this basis we urge the court
to dismiss these proceedings -
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- as the hospital staff did
nothing to incur any liability.
:11:43
Hi, Mum.
- lt's good you've come.
:11:46
He just won't
stop reproaching himself.
:11:48
He sits with all those old files
but he can't read them -
:11:51
- and l can't help him.
:11:53
What about his reading machine?
- lt's far too slow.
:11:57
20 ml ... right.