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lose the ability to breathe. and then along came the most expensive drug in the world zolgensma. it costs £1.8 million, although the nhs got a discount and approved it for use last may. this is edward being given zolgensma via a drip last august. the one off treatment lasted an hour. in that time, his life was transformed. his muscle tone is a lot stronger. he s almost feeling like a child that doesn t have sma. he can roll, he can hold his head. i mean, honestly, it s endless, what he can do, compared to what he was doing before treatment. it s incredible. # if you see a crocodile.#. the earlier a baby is given the drug, the better ideally before the symptoms start. it wasn t clear whether edward would qualify for it. the thought of actually losing him was very, very, very real.
are going to make a difference is i think we are getting closer to effective treatments for disease. fascinating. when i talk about effective treatments, and you have seen this with covid, there are two aspects. the first is getting treatment and the second is having a treatment which you can get to second and third world populations cheap enough and geographically spread enough so that there is both the research problem there and also the logistic problem if we manage to get reasonably priced treatments. professor hardy. the headlines on bbc news: staff absences caused by coronavirus at nhs hospitals across england have risen by 40% in a week. nursing unions say covid pressures are making hospital care unsafe.
today at five the giant of hollywood, sir sidney poitier, has died aged 94. he was the first black man to win the oscar for best actor. 100%. he is so influential. the first black actor twin and oscar and pave the way for so many in the industry to make their own mark, denzil washington paid tribute to him when he won an oscar the first time. staff absences in the nhs in england rise by 40% in a week becasue of covid. nursing unions say covid pressures are making hospital care unsafe. nurses can t stop helping their patients, so what s happening instead is that they find themselves being spread thinner and thinner. but they can t keep
doing that indefinitely. given the pressures that hospitals are facing given the pressures that hospitals are facing around the country, especially workforce pressures with their work especially workforce pressures with their work for us like other workforces, if the have to suffice lead, workforces, if the have to suffice lead. this workforces, if the have to suffice lead, this is understandable but it is all lead, this is understandable but it is all part lead, this is understandable but it is all part of trying to work together, providing the nhs every support together, providing the nhs every support that it needs. two former prime ministers back calls for a so called hillsborough law to ensure fairer treatment for bereaved families. novak djokovic has thanked fans for their support and remains in this hotel. the australian government rejects claims the grand slam champion is being held captive after failing to meet vaccine entry requirements. and coming up, we retu