Astronaut, and that isjohn mcfall. John mcfall has been selected using exactly the same criteria as all european astronauts. But unlike any of the others, he has a physical disability. Now he s taking part in a ground breaking project. Being an amputee, being an astronaut was never really on my radar because like the military, you wouldn t pass the medical selection process. I thought i would have the skills, a mix of skills and scientific background that i could really help them answer this very aspirational question of can we get someone with a physical disability into space, to work in space safely? and i thought i could be that person. For the last ten years, john s been working as an orthopedic surgeon. Hi, sir. How are you? but his life s about to change, possibly forever. It s daunting. It s quite scary, because i m giving up the security of being being a doctor. It s a fantastic profession, i love it. There are so many aspects about it that i absolutely love. So, trepidation fr
Chosen from 22,000 applicants after an incredibly tough selection process, these are the european space agency s new astronauts, the brightest and the best. Among them is a candidate who s a first. So, i think it s wise that we now announce our para astronaut, and that isjohn mcfall. John mcfall has been selected using exactly the same criteria as all european astronauts. But unlike any of the others, he has a physical disability. Now he s taking part in a ground breaking project. Being an amputee, being an astronaut was never really on my radar because like the military, you wouldn t pass the medical selection process. I thought i would have the skills, a mix of skills and scientific background that i could really help them answer this very aspirational question of can we get someone with a physical disability into space, to work in space safely? and i thought i could be that person. For the last ten years, john s been working as an orthopedic surgeon. Hi, sir. How are you? but his li
That we now announce our para astronaut, and that isjohn mcfall. John mcfall has been selected using exactly the same criteria as all european astronauts. But unlike any of the others, he has a physical disability. Now he s taking part in a ground breaking project. Being an amputee, being an astronaut was never really on my radar because like the military, you wouldn t pass the medical selection process. I thought i would have the skills, a mix of skills and scientific background that i could really help them answer this very aspirational question of can we get someone with a physical disability into space, to work in space safely? and i thought i could be that person. For the last ten years, john s been working as an orthopedic surgeon. Hi, sir. How are you? but his life s about to change, possibly forever. It s daunting. It s quite scary, because i m giving up the security of being being a doctor. It s a fantastic profession, i love it. There are so many aspects about it that i absol
Now on bbc news, britain has one of the highest death toll from covid 19 in the world. This film follows staff at the Royal Hospital in london as they try to cope with a second way. And a warning, this programme contains content which some of may find it distressing. Shes young. Shes someone s relative. This is something precious that were holding and were trying to do. My wife lost her fight for life. Nobody wants to go through this. I wouldnt wish this on anybody. The coronavirus pandemic has hit the United Kingdom hard. I think the public want to do the right thing, but i dont feel they understand fully the scale of the problem. This is the story of one of the hospitals in the eye of the storm. So were now going to run into a problem because we havent got any beds. Weve got patients on 12 floors in total. Weve returned to the royal london, to witness for ten days the full force of the second wave of covid 19. Staff are tired, and then we have to ask them to do more and more and more
Now on bbc news, britain has one of the highest death tolls from covid 19 in the world. Clive myrie s film follows staff at the Royal London Hospital as they try to cope with a second wave. A warning this programme contains content which some viewers may find distressing. Shes young. Shes someone s relative. This is something precious that were holding and were trying to do. My wife lost her fight for life. Nobody wants to go through this. I wouldnt wish this on anybody. The coronavirus pandemic has hit the United Kingdom hard. I think the public want to do the right thing, but i dont feel they understand fully the scale of the problem. This is the story of one of the hospitals in the eye of the storm. So were now going to run into a problem because we havent got any beds. Weve got patients on 12 floors in total. Weve returned to the royal london, to witness for ten days the full force of the second wave of covid 19. Staff are tired, and then we have to ask them to do more and more and