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The Generation Gap: Series 3: Health Industry

The Generation Gap: Series 3: Health Industry: Episode 5: Heart Surgeons

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Heart Surgeons

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Episode 5: Heart Surgeons

Series 3: Health Industry

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Generation Gap, Series 3: Health Industry, Heart Surgeons

Two pioneering heart surgeons meet to discuss the latest cutting-edge techniques.

Pioneering heart surgeons Terence Lewis and Clinton Loyd meet at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth to discuss the latest cutting-edge techniques versus the costs.

Two people from different generations who work in the health industry or have experience of the health industry discuss how technology has changed over their lifetimes.

Mr Terence Lewis is one of the country's pioneering heart surgeons.  He recently retired but he returns to the building named after him at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth to meet heart surgeon Clinton Loyd, who is conducting cutting-edge surgery using minimally invasive techniques. Technology has moved on quickly in the last 50 years, but technology has also got to be measured against cost.

Producer: Laura Parfitt
A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.

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People from different generations discuss how approaches to health have changed

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