Episode 13
Documentary series following patients who enter hospitals across Britain. Eighteen-year-old George is rushed in by ambulance with suspected meningitis.
At the Great North Children's Hospital in Newcastle, bed 27 is looking after 12-year-old Patrick, who has come in with lower back pain, as a result of a collision during rugby practice. His mum Andrea is concerned about the recurrent pain in his back and the fact that their GP suggested Patrick could also have a broken rib.
Birmingham's Day Surgery Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital has just welcomed 67-year-old Janet and her loving husband of 37 years Raymond. Janet is here have an endoscopic procedure that will allow her to be fed straight into her stomach. She is recovering after a recent operation to remove a tumour. Husband Raymond and her day-care bed are with Janet throughout.
Over at the A&E in Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary, a trauma call has come in. Eighteen-year-old George is rushed in by ambulance with suspected meningitis and an extremely high heart rate. He is a student and away from home, so bed 9 is ready to look after him.
In Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital Day Surgery Unit 51-year-old Ann-Marie has come to have a new type of injection to treat her rare blood disease. Having had the condition since she was a baby, she is no stranger to hospitals, and she had her first operation when she was only six weeks old.
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