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Drama, Medical · 2017 · Rated 6.5/10

Last aired: S1 E8, Episode 8 · 2017-09-07

Frankie Bell, a transplant patient, became a doctor. Eight years after she is brought crashing to earth by chronic kidney failure she is in her second year as a practising doctor in a western Sydney Hospital. Driven to use her second chance to save others, Frankie must confront an ailing health system, and face her toughest challenge – learning to let go.

Cast

Claire van der Boom Frankie Bell

Andrea Demetriades Lou Tannis

Arka Das Tabb Patel

Pallavi Sharda Tanya Kalchuri

Blessing Mokgohloa Rowan Mitri

Susie Porter Maggie Cutter

Dalip Sondhi Rupert Steele

Season 1

E1 Episode 1 2017-07-20 · 60 min Transplant patient and now doctor, Frankie starts her first day in Renal rotation; best friend Lou battles surgery's boys' club; and flatmate Tabb starts as an intern.

E2 Episode 2 2017-07-27 · 60 min Frankie takes on the system to save a patient, and lands in trouble. Lou finds out it's not always wise to have an affair with a boss; and Tabb questions his ability as a doctor.

E3 Episode 3 2017-08-03 · 60 min When a heart transplant patient dies, Frankie fears the surgeons will close ranks to cover up a medical error. Lou realises she and best friend Frankie may be on different sides.

E4 Episode 4 2017-08-10 · 60 min When a patient wants to turn off the device keeping her alive Steele tries to dissuade her. Lou feels betrayed when Frankie takes on a Root Cause Analysis into a patient's death, threatening her job.

E5 Episode 5 2017-08-17 · 60 min When Berger learns Frankie has a fever in the middle of a hospital outbreak, he forces her into a bed for treatment, putting her secret at risk of exposure.

E6 Episode 6 2017-08-24 · 60 min Tanya Kalchuri is forced to tell Frankie she read her medical files - a breach of professional ethics; while Berger works with Eli Nadar to save a patient from deportation.

E7 Episode 7 2017-08-31 · 60 min On the eve of an investigation into a patient's death, Frankie realises that all doctors are fallible when faced with the reality of a health system that isn't always able to cater for all.

E8 Episode 8 2017-09-07 · 60 min Chad Berger's days as a doctor are coming to an end, but he is determined to see through a complex set of paired kidney exchange transplants. Will he be able to do so, or will his own condition get to him? (Final)

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