Contact your own doctor (no date)

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A short advertisement explaining that hospitals must deal with real emergencies first, so it is better for people to contact their own doctors if the case is not serious. This video was made from material preserved by the BFI National Archive. Find out more: http://catalogue.wellcomelibrary.org/record=b1677420~S3.

Complete Record: A short advertisement explaining that hospitals must deal with real emergencies first, so it is better for people to contact their own doctors if the case is not serious. This video was made from material preserved by the BFI National Archive. Find out more: http://catalogue.wellcomelibrary.org/record=b1677420~S3.

Transcription

this is an emergency day and night the ambulances are bringing the sick and badly injured to the hospitals it's my finger i'm afraid you'll have to wait the patient's heart begins to falter cardiac arrest this is an emergency actually i have nothing to pull the muscle this is an emergency if the half team can get there in time they can save a life excuse me i'm afraid i'll have to wait anyone who goes to an emergency department will be seen but the real emergencies come first and you may have to wait so contact your own doctor first

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