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Otis Hospital strike

Description: Massachusetts Hospital Workers union local 880 of SEIU/AFL-CIO on strike. Workers march, chant, picket outside Otis Hospital chronic care facility in East Cambridge. Hanging effigies of three hospital executives. Several police officers stand by.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/26/1978

Respiratory distress syndrome

Description: Dr. Mary Ellen Avery, pediatrician at Children's Hospital, talks about hyaline membrane disease and respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants. (Lung tissue is stiff, making breathing difficult, and can lead to broncho-pulmonary dysplasia.) Vitamin E as antioxidant is suggested as treatment in recent study at Yale New Haven Medical Center. Neonatal unit of extremely tiny babies in incubators with breathing apparatus.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/13/1978