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Friday, August 14, 1998 Published at 16:06 GMT 17:06 UK The power to change Amanda Kirby was driven to set up her own assessment and treatment centre for dyspraxia when the health and education authorities could not help her son. Worlds apart Ailsa Denny is a paediatric intensive care nurse at London's Brompton Hospital. But her main passion in life is her aid work, which has taken her from Romania to Chechnya, Zaire and the Congo. Passion with a knife Judy Evans is one of the few female plastic surgeons to have made it to the top. Meet the star of the BBC's new medical series. Life's traumas Only 4% of emergency medicine consultants are female. Dr Sue Robinson is one woman who has managed to make it to the top. Back to top | BBC News Home | BBC Homepage ©