Children's Hospital (1993)
Season 3
Iconic BBC documentary series which gave an insight into the work of chidrens hospitals in the UK.
Where to Watch Children's Hospital (1993) • Season 3
20 Episodes
- Episode 1E1
Episode 1A new series, this time focusing on Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital. Tonight, new-born baby Leon arrives with a rare and life-threatening condition where his stomach and intestines have formed outside his body. Meanwhile, four-year-old Thomas is rushed into casualty with serious head injuries following a road traffic accident. - Episode 2E2
Episode 2Tonight sees the arrival of four-year-old Ryan, who has been savagely attacked by a dog, and a boy with a peanut stuck up his nose. There are updates on Thomas, who was brought in last week following a road accident, and on the progress of baby Leon who was born with his intestines outside his body. - Episode 5E5
Episode 5This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, six-year-old Lucy , is fitted with a pacemaker, two-year-old Adam is rushed in from North Wales with a blood infection which can kill children in hours, and in casualty, a woman is convinced her grandson has swallowed a screw. - Episode 6E6
Episode 6This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, eight-year-old Antony may need neurosurgery after being admitted with a serious head injury. Surgeon John Dorgan prepares to operate on six-month old David , whose club foot needs correcting, and five-year-old Nikita arrives to begin a new course of cancer treatment. - Episode 8E8
Episode 8This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, five-year-old Alan is treated after jumping out of a window, a baby who swallowed turpentine, and a boy who has had an aerosol paint can explode in his face. Also, casualty nurse Mark keeps an eye on his nine-year-old son David during an asthma check-up, and five-year-old Nikita starts chemotherapy treatment for her cancer. - Episode 9E9
Episode 9This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, anaesthetist Fiona Reynolds finds her stamina pushed to the limit during 24 hours on call. She has to help deal with a 15-week premature baby needing an operation for a perforated bowel, then in casualty, is faced with a two-and-a-half-year-old girl with possible brain swelling after a fit in the bath. Also, six-year-old Nikita is back for the latest stage in her cancer treatment. - Episode 10E10
Episode 10This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, toddler Gregory faces treatment with leeches to speed up healing, after microsurgery to replace his fingertips. Casualty newcomer Dr Dan Carroll has to deal with a teenage overdose, while two girls with cerebral palsy face operations to improve their walking. - Episode 11E11
Episode 11This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, two-year-old twins Katie and Aimee both have pre-operation tests for holes in the heart. Sixteen-year-old Nadia and ten-year-old Louise, who have walking problems caused by cerebral palsy, return to the hospital to take their first steps following operations on their legs, and casualty nurse Mike Callaghan deals with a teenage girl who has swallowed a 50 pence piece. - Episode 12E12
Episode 12This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, a baby born prematurely at home is rushed in with serious breathing problems, and two-year-old twins Katy and Aimee undergo operations to repair holes in their hearts. Also, student nurse Steve Allen has an interview for an accident and emergency post. - Episode 14E14
Episode 14This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, a boy is treated after losing the tip of his finger in a door, while one-day-old Faith has just a 50 per cent chance of survival after being born with a hole in her diaphragm. She needs emergency surgery as her intestines place pressure on her heart and lungs. Also ten-year-old Stephen, who has brittle bone disease, has his seventh operation on his club foot. - Episode 15E15
Episode 15This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, 13-year-old Martin, who was riding on top of a coal train, is rushed in with serious burns after being electrocuted by an overhead railway cable. Baby Faith leaves intensive care after surgery on her diaphragm, and brittle bone sufferer Steven hopes to walk for the first time in his life after an operation on his club foot. - Episode 16E16
Episode 16This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, two-year-old Jamal has tests for a series of seizures, baby James has a puzzling rash, and Martin, who last week suffered serious burns from an overhead railway cable, hears the extent of his injuries and faces learning to walk again.