'Call The Midwife' Season 5 News: Series Brings Up Medical Disaster To Help Spread Awareness To Viewers [VIDEO]
Call the Midwife is taking on one of the worst medical scandals of all time.
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On Saturday, The Telegraph shared details from script advisor Ruth Blue on how the British drama will tackle Thalidomide and how babies were affected by this frightening drug. Showing this on the series ought to help spread awareness of the condition.
"We are extremely pleased that such a popular and wide-reaching television program is going to screen some stories featuring thalidomide births," Blue said. "It is now recognized as the greatest man-made medical disaster of the 20th century, it has changed the way we view doctors and drug-taking laws as well as medical compensation."
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Blue added how there are current survivors who have dealt with this issue, something that the public will realize.
"The thalidomide story should alert viewers to this important historical moment and also the fact that thalidomide survivors are still alive, are still fighting to get the compensation and health support that they need and are still waiting for proper recognition from the companies who made and distributed the drug."
Stephen McGann, who plays Dr. Patrick Turner on the show, discussed how this thought provoking storyline will have a striking result.
"Drama has this unique power to give context to the big stuff," McGann said. "You're not doing facts and figures, no pharmacology, you're doing drama. That's what really matters- bringing the history to people as feelings, instead of hitting them over the head with it."
Call the Midwife Season 5 premieres in the United States on Sunday, April 3 on PBS.
