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Bypass to Life

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How it feels

A documentary about a young girl needing heart surgery to fix a hole in her heart. It shows the doctors talking and getting ready for the operation at a hospital.

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What happens

Bypass to Life is a 1961 Australian dramatised documentary on a surgery to repair a hole in the heart of a young girl. Partly filmed in the Alfred Hospital, it shows the discussions and preparations leading up to the operation. The film won the 1962 Australian Film Institute award for Best Documentary and it won the 1961 best TV documentary from the Television Society of Australia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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