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RPA - Episode Guide

Season 15

Episode 1

Episode: 15x01 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 2

Episode: 15x02 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 3

Episode: 15x03 | Airdate: Apr 22, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 4

Episode: 15x04 | Airdate: Apr 29, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 5

Episode: 15x05 | Airdate: May 6, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 6

Episode: 15x06 | Airdate: May 13, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 7

Episode: 15x07 | Airdate: May 20, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 8

Episode: 15x08 | Airdate: May 27, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 9

Episode: 15x09 | Airdate: Jun 10, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 10

Episode: 15x10 | Airdate: Jun 17, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 11

Episode: 15x11 | Airdate: Jul 1, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 12

Episode: 15x12 | Airdate: Jul 8, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 13

Episode: 15x13 | Airdate: Jul 29, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 14

Episode: 15x14 | Airdate: Aug 5, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 15

Episode: 15x15 | Airdate: Aug 12, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 16

Episode: 15x16 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 17

Episode: 15x17 | Airdate: Aug 26, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 18

Episode: 15x18 | Airdate: Sep 2, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 19

Episode: 15x19 | Airdate: Sep 9, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 20

Episode: 15x20 | Airdate: Sep 16, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 21

Episode: 15x21 | Airdate: Sep 23, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 22

Episode: 15x22 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 23

Episode: 15x23 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 24

Episode: 15x24 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 25

Episode: 15x25 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 26

Episode: 15x26 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2009 (30 min)

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Episode 27

Episode: 15x27 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2009 (30 min)

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Season 16

Episode 1

Episode: 16x01 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2010

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On the series return of RPA, Fiona was due to be married late last year but had to postpone after a nagging pain was diagnosed as a rare and aggressive form of bone cancer. Also, 28-year-old Mikael arrives in Emergency complaining of severe testicular pain. An ultrasound reveals a mango sized tumour.

Episode 2

Episode: 16x02 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2010

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Twenty-eight-year-old Fiona endures a marathon operation which involves removing her pelvis, blasting it with radiation, then putting it back. Also, 10-year-old Sam has arrived in Emergency with a suspected broken collarbone after a fall in the playground.

Episode 3

Episode: 16x03 | Airdate: Mar 10, 2010

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Fiona has had a total hip replacement and the crucial test now is for her hip to heal as she only has one chance at making it work. Also, John has been diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus and now has to have major surgery to remove part of his oesophagus and his stomach.

Episode 4

Episode: 16x04 | Airdate: Mar 17, 2010

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Twenty-eight-year-old Fiona has had to postpone her wedding to deal with a nasty bone cancer in her hip. Georgia has a mysterious lump in her neck and doctors have decided it is best to remove it to find out exactly what it is.

Episode 5

Episode: 16x05 | Airdate: Mar 24, 2010

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John has endured chemotherapy and a massive operation to remove his cancer, now doctors have warned he may not survive. Also, Serina is 24 weeks pregnant, but a potentially lethal cocktail of blood types has put her unborn baby at risk.

Episode 6

Episode: 16x06 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2010

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Tonight, Sarina's risky procedures begin to keep her baby alive until doctors can safely deliver her. Also, single dad Garth has an extremely rare disease which affects his lungs and causes recurrent and dangerous bouts of pneumonia.

Episode 7

Episode: 16x07 | Airdate: Aug 4, 2010

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Young chef Matthew was 18 when doctors discovered a deadly melanoma on the back of his neck. Seven years on the 25 year old is having strange hallucinations and seizures. Also, mother of four and country cop Kathleen has had to hang up her gun belt while doctors investigate a lump on her pelvis.

Episode 8

Episode: 16x08 | Airdate: Aug 11, 2010

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Young chef Matthew was 18 when doctors discovered a deadly melanoma on the back of his neck. Seven years later, an investigation has revealed a possible spread to his brain. Also, 23-year-old Sharon has been totally blind since she was five, the result of a number of health problems that have also caused the loss of one kidney.

Episode 9

Episode: 16x09 | Airdate: Aug 18, 2010

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Thirty-three-year-old Renee has been told she has only two months to live without a kidney transplant or dialysis. Her best hope is a donated kidney. Also, 20-year-old Robert took himself to the doctor after having trouble breathing. A scan has revealed a cancerous tumour on his thyroid gland.

Episode 10

Episode: 16x10 | Airdate: Aug 25, 2010

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Big brother Craig is making an extraordinary sacrifice to save his younger adopted sister's life. Also, a keen soccer coach and active family man has a collapsed lung, and he will need an urgent procedure to try to reinflate it.

Episode 11

Episode: 16x11 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2010

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Tim has a rare cancer that is invading his scalp, and doctors suspect it is a cruel legacy from the Vietnam War, where he may have been exposed to the herbicide known as Agent Orange.

Episode 12

Episode: 16x12 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2010

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Tim has a rare cancer that is invading his scalp and, in part two of his courageous story, the Vietnam veteran undergoes a 12-hour operation. Also, 29-year-old Clinton has suffered from headaches for most of his life.

Episode 13

Episode: 16x13 | Airdate: Sep 15, 2010

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His mum is in hospital with cancer, and now Galahad's been told he has a deadly bone cancer which could claim his leg. Also, Jat is on the roof with his dad when he topples off a ladder and lands on concrete.

Episode 14

Episode: 16x14 | Airdate: Sep 22, 2010

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Nineteen-year-old Galahad's been told he has a deadly bone cancer which could claim his leg. In part two of his story, he will be given the results of scans that will tell doctors whether his leg can be saved.

Episode 15

Episode: 16x15 | Airdate: Sep 29, 2010

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Doctors have managed to save 19-year-old Galahad's leg after a lengthy operation to remove a deadly tumour. In part three of his story, he faces the long road to recovery with remarkable courage. Also, 38-year-old Kelly has a condition where the compression of nerves and blood vessels between her neck and her armpit can cause dangerous clotting. She will have one of her ribs removed to avoid the same problem occurring again.

Episode 16

Episode: 16x16 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2010

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Thirty-nine-year-old Shaun experiences a sudden and excruciating headache while at work. He is rushed to his local hospital by ambulance, and after scans reveal a bleed on his brain, he is transferred to RPA, lucky to be alive.

Episode 17

Episode: 16x17 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2010

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After experiencing a severe headache while at work, 39-year-old Shaun is told an aneurysm had ruptured in his brain. Also, Antoinette has an abnormal growth on her thyroid that is causing her voice to change.

Episode 18

Episode: 16x18 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2010

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Showing amazing strength, 19-year-old Felicity takes in the news that she has breast cancer and calmly accepts that both her breasts will be removed. She is the youngest patient ever treated for breast cancer at RPA. And after experiencing a severe headache while at work, 39-year-old Shaun is told an aneurysm has ruptured in his brain.

Episode 19

Episode: 16x19 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2010

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Showing amazing strength, 19-year-old Felicity takes in the news that she has breast cancer and calmly accepts that both her breasts will be removed. She is the youngest patient ever treated for breast cancer at RPA. Also, Faye's debilitating symptoms have the led to the discovery of abnormal pressure on her brain stem. She has a choice: do nothing and deteriorate or risk a marathon operation that could make her worse.

Episode 20

Episode: 16x20 | Airdate: Nov 10, 2010

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In part three of Felicity's extraordinary story, she has a special visitor and decides to get a new hairdo before starting her chemotherapy. Also, construction worker Adam is rushed into emergency after a 10kg beam falls on his head from nine storeys above.

Episode 21

Episode: 16x21 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2010

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In part four of Felicity's extraordinary story, she has a second operation which may threaten her reconstruction. Also, some tricky manoeuvres have left 19-year-old professional dancer Lukas on crutches.

Episode 22

Episode: 16x22 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2010

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Carolyne has been rushed to RPA by air ambulance with swine flu. The 38 year old mother of two is being kept alive by a special portable lung bypass machine called ECMO. Also, Susie has been trying to fall pregnant for the past three years. An investigation has revealed some nasty complications that are likely to prevent her from conceiving naturally.

Season 17

Episode 1

Episode: 17x01 | Airdate: May 4, 2011

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Eighty-six year old Van lives to dance. But his ballroom prowess is under threat after a fall left him with a broken hip. His only chance of returning to the dance floor is a hip replacement – a risky operation given previous surgery.

Episode 2

Episode: 17x02 | Airdate: May 11, 2011

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An accident on the ski fields knocked 36 year old Renee unconscious but it was what happened after that that has really floored her. A post fall scan has revealed a large mass in her brain. Doctors have told the mother of two small children she has a tumour that must be removed but she won't find out if it is life threatening until after her operation. In part two of her story, Renee shows extraordinary courage.

Episode 3

Episode: 17x03 | Airdate: May 19, 2011

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Twenty-seven year old Chris has been battling a chronic liver disease for more than a decade and recently her condition has deteriorated to the point where her only chance of survival is to receive a new liver. In part one of this brave mum's story, Chris is told being on the transplant list is no guarantee she will be given a lifeline.

Episode 4

Episode: 17x04 | Airdate: Jun 1, 2011

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Julie is about to embark on a challenge no-one should have to endure. Scans have revealed cancerous tumours in her brain and other parts of her body. But this bright and positive twenty-three year old flight attendant has incredible strength. In part one of her story, she prepares for the fight of her life and draws on her family – who she refers to as her "wolf pack" – for support.

Episode 5

Episode: 17x05 | Airdate: Jun 8, 2011

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Twenty-three year old flight attendant Julie is about to embark on round one of her fight for survival. Scans have revealed cancerous tumours in her brain and other parts of her body and tonight, in part two of her story, she has brain surgery to remove two tumours. Also, twenty-seven year old mum Chris has been battling a chronic liver disease for more than a decade and her only chance of survival is a new liver. Last week she received the call she had been waiting for and tonight she finds out if her new liver will be enough to give her a new lease on life.

Episode 6

Episode: 17x06 | Airdate: Jun 22, 2011

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Twenty-three year old flight attendant Julie is about to embark on round two of her fight for survival. Scans have revealed cancerous tumours in her brain and other parts of her body and tonight, after brain surgery, she starts her radiotherapy.

Episode 7

Episode: 17x07 | Airdate: Jun 29, 2011

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Zoo volunteer Betty, 73, has been feeling unwell for some time, and a scan has turned up the biggest spleen her doctors have ever seen. Weighing an estimated 2kg, it has to come out.

Episode 8

Episode: 17x08 | Airdate: Jul 13, 2011 (30 min)

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A scan has revealed a cyst on 24-year-old Lisa's pancreas; however, she won't know how dangerous it is until it is removed and may have to lose part of her pancreas.

Episode 9

Episode: 17x09 | Airdate: Jul 20, 2011

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April has only just married but has had to put her future on hold while she deals with a painful lesion on her liver. Doctors won't know what it is until they remove it; however, removing it puts the liver at huge risk.

Episode 10

Episode: 17x10 | Airdate: Jul 27, 2011

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Nineteen year old Fijian, Milise is in kidney failure. Fortunately her older brother has offered to donate a kidney to his little sister and the operation can be performed in Australia.

Episode 11

Episode: 17x11 | Airdate: Aug 3, 2011

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The operation begins to remove Rupeni's kidney in part two of Fijian teenager Milise's amazing story. Meanwhile, over the past two months Roger has noticed his voice changing. Investigations have revealed a squamous cell cancer on his vocal cord, and Roger is opting for laser surgery to spare his larynx and, hopefully, improve his voice.

Episode 12

Episode: 17x12 | Airdate: Aug 10, 2011

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Anna loves cooking but she can't taste anything due to an ongoing and potentially life-threatening problem with her sinus. Severe headaches and trouble breathing through her mouth has finally persuaded her to seek medical help.

Episode 13

Episode: 17x13 | Airdate: Aug 17, 2011

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Jodie is about to endure her 22nd operation for arthritis and she's only 38. The hairdresser and mother of two lives in constant pain and is hoping that this next round of surgery will give her some relief. The plan is to fuse her ankle, and if time allows during the operation, and there is not too much blood loss, her toes will be fused as well.

Episode 14

Episode: 17x14 | Airdate: Aug 24, 2011

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Seventy-three-year-old Harvey was first diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2006. Scans have revealed the cancer is now at the base of his brain.

Episode 15

Episode: 17x15 | Airdate: Aug 31, 2011

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Gemma's liver is failing but instead of waiting for a deceased donor liver, she is turning to her husband for help. If the operation goes ahead, it will be the second of its kind performed in Australia. Gemma's husband Stephen and his surgical team are assessing the pros and cons of giving part of his liver to save Gemma's life.

Episode 16

Episode: 17x16 | Airdate: Sep 7, 2011

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In part two of Gemma's story, she and her husband Stephen, say goodbye to their daughters knowing the risks involved in going ahead with the surgery.

Episode 17

Episode: 17x17 | Airdate: Sep 14, 2011 (90 min)

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Twenty-seven-year-old Emir has been dealt a cruel hand. A rare genetic condition means he has battled various cancers since he was a boy. This time doctors fear the cancer has invaded his intestines.

Episode 18

Episode: 17x18 | Airdate: Sep 21, 2011 (90 min)

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Con has two basal cell carcinomas. One is quite small, but he has neglected the other one for 12 years. He realises now that it may kill him if it is left untreated. He is told he will have to endure 14 hours of surgery to be rid of it. Plus, three-year-old Thelo is brought into emergency after falling at day care and hitting his head.

Season 18

Episode 1

Episode: 18x01 | Airdate: May 30, 2012

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In a story reminiscent of RPA's most memorable patient - seven-year old Sylvia was severely burnt when she was a baby. Now, a chance discovery by an Australian speech therapist working in Kenya has bought her to RPA.

Episode 2

Episode: 18x02 | Airdate: Jun 6, 2012

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Twenty-six year old Erin arrives in RPA's Emergency Department in severe pain and struggling to breathe. Plus, a scan has uncovered a tumour on Cevat's spine that threatens to crush his spinal cord.

Episode 3

Episode: 18x03 | Airdate: Jun 20, 2012

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Thirty-five-year-old Shelly has been in hospital for three long months due to a series of strokes threatening to paralyse her. Ian, 81, arrives to RPA as a last resort after open-heart surgery to replace an aortic valve was aborted.

Episode 4

Episode: 18x04 | Airdate: Jun 27, 2012

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Twenty-six-year-old Roumi is concerned about a lump in her neck that has been growing rapidly, and Fiona comes to RPA in the hope of a normal life, suffering from debilitating vertigo and deafness in one ear.

Episode 5

Episode: 18x05 | Airdate: Jul 11, 2012

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A fishing trip lands Robert in some very hot water when he falls unconscious and has trouble breathing. And 35-year-old Graeme has a rare disease that is attacking bone in some parts of his body.

Episode 6

Episode: 18x06 | Airdate: Jul 18, 2012

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Erin's baby is not due for another five weeks, but because of complications, it will have to be delivered early. And catch-up with 23-year-old Julie, a flight attendant who endured gruelling radiotherapy to treat tumours on her brain.

Season 19

Episode 1

Episode: 19x01 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2023

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In the all-new RPA, we meet actor James who, after suffering persistent headaches, is sent for an MRI of his brain which reveals multiple aneurysms which could burst at any time. We also we meet Joelene, a 43-year-old mother-of-three from Warren in regional NSW.

Episode 2

Episode: 19x02 | Airdate: Apr 3, 2023 (63 min)

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In this episode of the RPA, we are reunited with Joelene who has recently undergone marathon surgery to remove a recurrence of a rare type of cancer. We also meet Theo, a restauranteur who when recovering from Covid needed a chest x-ray that shockingly reveals a fist sized mass.

Episode 3

Episode: 19x03 | Airdate: Apr 10, 2023

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Amy, a 44-year-old mother from Orange is confronted with a life-changing diagnosis of a rare abdominal cancer- only discovered by chance when trying for a second baby.

Episode 4

Episode: 19x04 | Airdate: Apr 17, 2023 (62 min)

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In this episode, 25-year-old adventurer and rock climber John has hit the limits of survival from his lifelong liver disease . Without a transplant, his devoted family will lose him within months.

Episode 5

Episode: 19x05 | Airdate: Apr 24, 2023 (63 min)

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Tracy, a single mum of two teenagers, faces a life and death battle as her rare and aggressive brain cancer returns. We also meet Kylie, the coordinator of the RPA team revolutionising emergency stroke care.

Episode 6

Episode: 19x06 | Airdate: May 1, 2023

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When Kyle's first kidney transplant, from an organ donated by his older brother, fails, he miraculously gets a second chance at life when sister Jess offers to donate one of hers.

Episode 7

Episode: 19x07 | Airdate: May 15, 2023

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Nurse Sharon's life is turned upside down when she is diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Putting her symptoms down to ageing, she is surprised she missed some obvious signs and faces a lengthy and complex operation to remove the cancer.

Episode 8

Episode: 19x08 | Airdate: May 22, 2023

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University student Jack presents suffering a potentially life threating collapse of his lung, known as a pneumothorax. The ED swing into action knowing there's no time to waste and that this is one of the true emergencies of Emergency Medicine.

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