{"id":43779,"date":"2024-01-14T22:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1959592"},"modified":"2024-01-15T01:04:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T00:04:05","slug":"call-the-midwife-tackles-harrowing-black-mould-storyline","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/call-the-midwife-tackles-harrowing-black-mould-storyline\/","title":{"rendered":"Call the Midwife tackles harrowing black mould storyline \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sadly, it’s an all too familiar story. <\/p>

By Abby Robinson\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 14 January 2024 at 21:00 PM<\/p>

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Time and time again, Call the Midwife<\/a> has proved itself to be the opposite of cosy viewing, a term that\u2019s often used to describe the BBC period drama, through its willingness to tackle hard-hitting storylines that often share parallels with our world as it is today.<\/span><\/p>\n

And once again that proved to be the case in t<\/span>onight\u2019s episode (Sunday 14th January), which included a horrifying storyline about black mould.<\/p>\n

Edna Bristow, a single mother with a young child and another baby on the way, had repeatedly complained to the council about the state of her daughter\u2019s bedroom, which had become unliveable, but no solution had been offered.<\/p>\n

The mould was spreading at a ferocious pace, both across the walls and even onto her child\u2019s bed, with no amount of scrubbing or paint able to stop the rot, and it wasn\u2019t long before Edna\u2019s little girl was admitted to hospital with bronchitis.<\/span><\/p>\n

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She was placed on antibiotics and received round-the-clock care, but her situation was critical. And with no word from the council on a solution, Edna\u2019s daughter would be heading back into a mould-ridden home if she did recover, where her health would once again deteriorate.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe could be permanently asthmatic,\u201d noted Sister Veronica, acknowledging the potential long-term impact of living with mould. Death, as we know from recent high-profile cases, is also a potential side effect<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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