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Blackpool Medics

Series 2

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

BBC film crews return to follow the doctors, nurses and paramedics of one of Britain's busiest hospitals - Blackpool Victoria. 83-year-old Muriel Fancy faces major open heart surgery and two-year-old Lewis Watson is in intensive care on life support, after convulsions lasting a terrifying 45 minutes. Non-smoker Denis Sutton is admitted with a cancerous tumour taking up almost half of one lung, and on the children's ward ten-week-old Kyle is seriously ill. He is tested for meningitis, and his parents face an agonising 24-hour wait to see if their worst fears are realised. Show less

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