Hospital Stories: Dublin

TV Show · Documentary

Treating around 400,000 patients every year, St James's Hospital in Dublin is one of Ireland's largest public institutions. Providing unprecedented access, this observational documentary series gives viewers insight into how a busy, modern hospital functions, from cutting-edge surgeries and treatments to a sensitive and honest portrayal of the challenges faced by the 4,500 staff. Touching on some of the more complex issues such as alcohol and drug addiction, mental health, and the elderly and loneliness, this series reveals the multi-layered and personal stories of parents and children, husbands and wives, friends and family, and everything in-between.

2019 · 47m

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

A 31-year-old mother of two with cervical cancer comes in for a radical hysterectomy, and a man who had his left ear removed during treatment for skin cancer takes the first step in the delicate process of having a prosthetic ear attached.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Dr Una Kennedy must try to clear a huge backlog of patients from the severely overcrowded Emergency Department and reduce the long waiting time before patients can be seen.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

A courier brings potentially life-saving stem cells from an anonymous donor for a cancer patient. Meanwhile, a 78-year-old with skin cancer on his nose has the growth removed.
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

A man with mouth cancer has complex surgery during which part of his jaw is removed and rebuilt. Meanwhile, another patient has a faulty valve in her aorta that requires immediate repair.

My Broken Brain
Everything Matters
A Healthy Baby Girl
The Cancer Conflict
Linda's Last Trip
Pursuit of Ketamine
The Battle With the Big C
The Food Cure
Part of Me Now

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