Description: Segment 1 Mr Sells introduces the subject and discusses a chart that shows the system that matches donated kidneys with patients who have renal failure. A table shows the number of transplants performed in 1973. Sells says that the object of this programme is to highlight the severe shortage of kidneys needed for transplants. He explains what makes a good donor, and what does not, with the aid of tables listing the donors' causes of death. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:06:29:20 Length: 00:06:29:20 Segment 2 Sells discusses the problem of ensuring that a deceased donor patient is totally brain dead before beginning with a transplant. He runs through the criteria of brain death and an image of The Human Tissue Act of 1961 is shown. He discusses the procedures for obtaining permission for organ transplantation from next of kin and the coroner. Time start: 00:06:29:20 Time end: 00:12:11:00 Length: 00:05:41:05 Segment 3 Sells discusses the next stage, the removal of kidneys from the donor. A photograph of a kidney is shown as Sells discusses the conditions needed for a successful operation. He then describes the storage of the kidney once it has been removed. He also describes, with the aid of a table, the attention that the donor should receive before their artificial respirator is turned off. The drugs they receive are listed. Time start: 00:12:11:00 Time end: 00:18:33:14 Length: 00:06:22:14 Segment 4 Sells also discusses the importance of the donor's heart to remain beating prior to removal of the kidneys. He says that this may sometimes be a controversial issue but lays out the reasons why he believes that a donor's heart should be allowed to beat although they are about to be pronounced dead. He then shows a chart showing the results of 90 transplants in correlation to the delay between the removal and transplant. There is no correlation between this time and success. He talks about a technique being developed in Liverpool that looks at chemical phenomena in kidneys to determine whether they will function in a transplant. Time start: 00:18:33:14 Time end: 00:23:39:15 Length: 00:05:06:01 Segment 6 Sells explains what happens to the small kidney biopsy next and how the viability test works. A chart showing results of the tests on 24 patients is discussed. Sells says that this test is useful. Sells sums up his lecture by stressing the need for more kidneys and the need to improve the supply of kidneys. Time start: 00:27:42:00 Time end: 00:31:26:01 Length: 00:03:44:01