Dave McPhee and Dominic Dunn, from Teesside University’s Aurora House Productions, spent 10 days shadowing the team, led by surgeon Mr Liam Horgan, as it carried out the latest keyhole surgery techniques at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), Tanzania’s busiest hospital.
The pair filmed more than 25 hours of footage for the 90-minute documentary highlighting the importance of the 17-year relationship between Northumbria Healthcare and KCMC.
The Global Health Film, designed to communicate the advances and challenges in global health to the public by bringing together filmmakers, journalists, scientists, doctors and public health advocates, took place at the Barbican on November 11 and 12.
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