Series 1
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Series 1

A dramatic documentary series following the work of doctors and nurses at King's College Hospital, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Channelbbcone
First Broadcast24 Nov 2008
Latest Broadcast19 Dec 2008
Episodes20

Categories

DocumentariesHealth & Wellbeing

Episodes

20 items available

Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

Patients include two workmen pulled out of a crushed van and a cyclist hit by a car.

Nov 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

Surgeons operate on a man rushed in from another hospital who is having a heart attack.

Dec 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

Surgeons operate on a young man who has been stabbed outside his own house.

Dec 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

The team have hours to save a man from paralysis when he is rushed in having had a stroke.

Dec 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

Leading surgeon Mr Ashkan performs brain surgery on an MS sufferer to reduce her tremors.

Dec 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

A teenager is rushed into the hospital, having been stabbed in the neck with a car key.

Dec 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

Surgeons perform a triple heart bypass on a 71-year-old while his heart keeps beating.

Dec 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

A carpenter is helicoptered into the emergency department after falling off a roof.

Dec 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

A man with a faulty pacemaker, repeatedly shocking his heart with 1000 volts, is rushed in

Dec 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

An elderly woman is rushed in with heart problems the day before her 92nd birthday.

Dec 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

A mature student is rushed into the emergency department with worrying chest pains.

Dec 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

A dockworker is flown in from Kent after being crushed by a tonne of potatoes.

Nov 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

A man is rushed in with a broken leg after being hit with a cricket bat.

Dec 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

A teenager needs surgery after being shot in the chin, and one lady has trouble breathing.

Nov 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

A father risks his life to save his baby daughter with a liver transplant.

Nov 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

Surgeon Chris Chandler operates on a father of three to remove a brain tumour.

Nov 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

An unconscious 23 year old is flown to the emergency department after a scooter accident.

Dec 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

Brain surgeon Mr Ashkan operates on a Parkinson's sufferer while she is awake.

Dec 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

A man is rushed in after he crashed a BMX bike under the influence of alcohol.

Dec 2008
Hospital Heroes
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Hospital Heroes

Doctors treat a runner who has injured his spine by falling off a ladder onto concrete.

Dec 2008