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. 2004 Jan 3;328(7430):51. doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.51-c

Saddam Hussein's medical examination should not have been broadcast

British television should not have followed suit

Joyce M Carter 1
PMCID: PMC314254  PMID: 14703571

Editor—I agree with Roberts (letter above) that it was wrong of the US administration in Iraq to broadcast images of Saddam Hussein undergoing a medical examination.

It was also wrong of British television companies to broadcast those images, and I emailed the BBC immediately to register my complaint. British television companies had the choice whether to broadcast these images. I hope that the medical profession in the United Kingdom will express its strong disapproval of their action.

Competing interests: None declared.


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