Results 1-2 of 2 for foundation hospital speaker:John Barrett
- AIDS/TB/Malaria (Global Fund) (16 Nov 2004)
Mr John Barrett: ...that included another person who deserves mention. Sir John Crofton, a 92-year-old inspirational individual, developed the first co-ordinated drug resistance programme. I think that it provided the foundation for the DOTS programme that the Select Committee saw being delivered so effectively in India, in one of the successes in the battle against TB. It was good to see that the man who...
- Tuberculosis (21 Apr 2004)
Mr John Barrett: ...with is that some doctors also think that TB is a problem of the past, and misdiagnosis is easy. One famous case in the USA was when Eleanor Roosevelt fell ill and went to Massachusetts general hospital where she died, undiagnosed, of TB. What we are seeing in the UK is a tiny tip of a very large iceberg. Worldwide, that iceberg sinks the equivalent of three or four Titanics every single...
