Children's Hospital (1993)
Season 7
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 7
10 Episodes
- Episode 1E1
Episode 1The hospital has moved across the city to a Victorian building transformed into a state-of-the-art paediatric centre. However, the following day four-year-old Jack has to have his leg x-rayed in the main radiology unit as the x-ray machine is not yet working. Cheerful Becky, who has brittle-bone disease, is in for a tricky operation to straighten her arm. - Episode 3E3
Episode 3Becky, a 12-year-old who suffers from a rare disease which makes her bones brittle, finally sees the results of an operation to straighten her arm when the plaster is removed. Meanwhile the parents of 15-year-old Russell, who left hospital last week after major open-heart surgery, are concerned that all is not well with his new heart valve. - Episode 5E5
Episode 5Surgeon David Proops operates on a three-year-old girl with a rare throat disorder, and colleague Sean Corkery gets a surprise while attending to a 13-year-old boy who complains of intense stomach pain. Casualty nurse Stuart Mason finds that the case of a five-year-old girl brought in with a cut on her head has potentially serious complications. - Episode 6E6
Episode 6Twelve-year-old Holly, who has had problems with her digestive system for more than half her life, undergoes tests which she hopes will finally lead to a diagnosis of her puzzling illness. Three specialist surgeons operate on an 11-month-old baby born with her skull bones already fused. And Dr Sue Morgan attends to a boy who has been injured during a game of football. - Episode 7E7
Episode 7Eleven-year-old Laura has cystic fibrosis and, unusually, the disease has affected her liver. She needs a liver transplant and Laura and her parents Sheila and Gerry must attend the hospital for the new donor organ to be tested. Three-year-old football fan Luke's heart is too small and after two operations has come in for life-saving surgery pioneered by leading heart specialist Bill Brawn. Last week 11-year-old Gemma had surgery to her skull to prevent brain damage, and this week the bandages come off. - Episode 8E8
Episode 8Three-year-old Luke is starting to recover from his cardiac operation to the relief of his mother. For five-year-old Chantelle, however, her chest pain may mean a return of her heart problem. Cardiac specialist Joe Giovanni, who has looked after her since she was born, must use a rare and risky technique to assess the problem. And 15-year-old Arslan arrives on a stretcher with a broken leg after a rugby accident. - Episode 9E9
Episode 9Nine-year-old Andrew has a transplant to replace his damaged kidneys. But a week later the new kidney starts to fail and Andrew must go for an urgent scan. Meanwhile, 13-year-old Amy comes in for an eye-operation: one of her eyes was destroyed by cancer when she was three and the pins holding the false one in place have become infected. - Episode 10E10
Episode 10The 100th episode and the last in the present series about life at Birmingham children's hospital. Two-day-old Kyle needs emergency heart surgery, but first the surgeons need to determine if he has brain damage. Meanwhile, as 14-year-old Leanne hopes to return home after seven months in hospital, eight-year-old Robert prepares for another heart operation. With the Queen coming, he has an extra incentive to get better quickly.