Cancer survivor is first to get new artificial tongue on NHS
Doctor struggled to speak after losing her tongue aged 26 in operation to remove cancerous tumour - so recruited a team of colleagues to build her a new one
ARCHIVED · 2 LEFT · 2 CENTER · 1 RIGHT · Oct 8, 12:55 AM
The Independent and Daily Express describe the same event in different terms.
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Mostly Same. The left frames it as "Cancer survivor is first to get new artificial tongue on NHS". The right frames it as "Cancer survivor given artificial tongue in 'NHS first'".
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Doctor struggled to speak after losing her tongue aged 26 in operation to remove cancerous tumour - so recruited a team of colleagues to build her a new one
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