Joel Werner
speaker
1,849 appearances
34 recordings
2 series
first heard Sep 2011
last heard Nov 2017
Joel Werner’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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This is the Health Report.
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I'm Joel.
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Well Actually it's kind of the Peter and Arthur show
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Professor Joy Ho is head of the thalassemia unit at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney.
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No How is he mean to you?
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Peter Karamahalas and Arthur Bazikis are now both in their late 50s, but they met as part of this gang of kids, all getting regular blood transfusions.
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And back then, transfusions had serious side effects.
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So so was that the first time you'd ever heard about that?
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Did Peter and the other boys?
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As a child.
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It's just so intense.
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It's unimaginable.
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But having a network of peers who are going through the same thing you are, who are facing the same demons, it creates a uniquely powerful bond.
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So what happened?
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How did these kids escape their death sentence?
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These days, the treatments for thalassemia have improved dramatically.
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Oral versions of the drugs are available and they can target organs more specifically.
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So you have improved compliance and increased survival.
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But for all the adversity they faced, Arthur and Peter have a pretty special friendship to show for it.
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Peter Karamahalas and Arthur Bazekas starring there alongside Professor Joy Ho.
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