Inside New Zealand Million Dollar Tumour
The “very personal tale” of a battle with cancer. The small town policeman, Dave Bowman was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2005, aged 35. Bowman took on funding agency Pharmac and the bureaucracy of the public health system to try to get a treatment drug subsidised for himself and other sufferers. After a 36-year-old policeman and father of two is diagnosed with a brain tumour, he goes to battle with Pharmac over the funding of the drug that could save his life. end credits missing
Documentary Series
Primary Title
- Inside New Zealand
Secondary Title
- Million Dollar Tumour
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 23 March 2006
Start Time
- 21 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- TV3
Broadcaster
- CanWest TVWorks
Programme Description
- Documentary Series
Episode Description
- The “very personal tale” of a battle with cancer. The small town policeman, Dave Bowman was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2005, aged 35. Bowman took on funding agency Pharmac and the bureaucracy of the public health system to try to get a treatment drug subsidised for himself and other sufferers. After a 36-year-old policeman and father of two is diagnosed with a brain tumour, he goes to battle with Pharmac over the funding of the drug that could save his life. end credits missing
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Documentary
- Health
- Medical
Hosts
- Dave Bowman (Narrator)
Contributors
- Dave Crerar (Director)
- Steven O'Meagher (Producer)
- Sue Woodfield (Network Executive)
- Desert Road (Production Unit)