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BBC Scotland Journalist Quigley Resigns After Trigeminal Neuralgia Diagnosis

8/28/2026

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BBC Scotland journalist Elizabeth Quigley resigns on health grounds.
She disclosed a trigeminal neuralgia diagnosis that causes electric-shock facial pain.
The pain can prevent her from speaking, eating or drinking and end her broadcasting work.
She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2000 at age 28.
She went public with the diagnosis in 2007.

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BBC Scotland journalist Elizabeth Quigley resigns on health grounds.
She disclosed a trigeminal neuralgia diagnosis that causes electric-shock facial pain.
The pain can prevent her from speaking, eating or drinking and end her broadcasting work.
She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2000 at age 28.
She went public with the diagnosis in 2007.