:32:06
Something occurred
to me as l dictated this.
:32:09
Really and truly, of course,
it is what l always dreamed of.
:32:13
That you and l, on equal terms,
could at last talk to each other.
:32:18
Our lack of dialogue was my fault.
l'd devoted too much time to work.
:32:23
But it was also because l had to
have control of everything l did-
:32:29
- and what other people did.
A fine quality in a surgeon, yes.
:32:35
ln a head of department, even.
But not in a father.
:32:41
Another thing: l have never
been able to say thank you.
:32:49
But have no doubt
that l am touched-
:32:51
- that you helped
an old man to face the past.
:33:01
Over 1 100 people unwittingly
and without being consulted -
:33:06
- were subjected to treatment for
which they paid a terrible price.
:33:10
Jon Knoblau has fought for their
cause in best reporting style -
:33:15
- and thereby earned
this year's Cavling Prize.
:33:21
Well done.
:33:24
There's a cheque, too.
:33:28
lf anybody in Århus
sticks together -
:33:32
- it's the senior ranks
of the medical profession.
:33:35
But their smiles
will have stiffened -
:33:38
- as the mistreatment of hundreds
of innocent people has come to light.
:33:44
People who have been left
to die of liver cancer.
:33:47
lt is only now that
the specialist responsible -
:33:51
- has written an article
for the Medical Journal -
:33:55
- in which he finally
admits the truth:
:33:58
That there had been
warnings about Thorotrast -