§ Mr. Jannerasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that for the first time in medical history delegates to the International Gynaecological Congress will see televised operations; and what precautions are taken to ensure that the patients who undergo these televised operations or their relatives give their full consent.
§ Mr. BevanI understand that the operation was televised by land line to a lecture theatre in the medical school to which delegates from the Congress were invited. It was therefore a purely private occasion, and the operation was not "broadcast"; furthermore this method avoids all the difficulties and possible dangers to the patient of the alternative normally used, i.e., to have groups of spectators in the operating theatre itself.