Thalidomide doctor McBride battling for life: [1 All-round Country Edition]
Stapleton, John. The Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] 06 Mar 2003: 3.
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THE doctor who alerted the world in the 1960s to the birth defects linked to thalidomide, William McBride, was fighting for his life, after suffering a brain haemmorage.
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THE doctor who alerted the world in the 1960s to the birth defects linked to thalidomide, William McBride, was fighting for his life, after suffering a brain haemmorage.
He was admitted to hospital on Tuesday and has not regained consciousness.
Dr McBride had shown no signs of illness, campaigning with his son David, who is running in the NSW election as a Liberal candidate.
“It was a sudden and severe attack,” his son said last night. “He was transferred to North Shore Hospital where he was immediately operated on. He is still in a coma.”
Dr McBride raised the alarm on the effects of thalidomide on unborn children but he was struck off the medical register in 1993 after being found to have fabricated research results. He resumed work as an obstetrician in the Solomon Islands recently after regaining his medical registration.