{"id":6036,"date":"2019-07-23T16:52:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T15:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6036"},"modified":"2019-07-23T16:52:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T15:52:04","slug":"a-history-of-dorchester-paediatrics-an-excellent-new-book-by-richard-purvis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6036","title":{"rendered":"A History of Dorchester Paediatrics &#8211; an excellent new book by Richard Purvis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8998\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/keep106.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Richard-Purvis-with-new-book.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8998\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-8998 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/keep106.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Richard-Purvis-with-new-book-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Richard Purvis with new book\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Purvis with new book<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Richard Purvis, who was a paediatrician at Dorset County Hospital and also the Medical Director, has written a History of Dorchester Paediatrics. He has done this since he retired a few years ago and the book is full of fantastic anecdotes and photos. The book was launched at the Children&#8217;s Centre in Damers Road, Dorchester, and Rob Mott went along and spoke to Dr Purvis about his long career at DCH and the new book.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6036-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/keep106.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/KeeP-Driving-Guest-Richard-Purvis-about-new-book-190719.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/keep106.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/KeeP-Driving-Guest-Richard-Purvis-about-new-book-190719.mp3\">https:\/\/keep106.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/KeeP-Driving-Guest-Richard-Purvis-about-new-book-190719.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Purvis, who was a paediatrician at Dorset County Hospital and also the Medical Director, has written a History of Dorchester Paediatrics. 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