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Luingean Lannsaireachd/Surgery Ships

Series 1

Episode 3

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ALBALatest broadcast: on BBC ALBA

Tha long ospadail shònraichte a tha a' toirt seachad obair-lannsa aig muir, a' dèanamh air na daoine as bochda ann an Afraga. Chan eil aca ach aon bhliadhna airson an obair do-dhèanta seo a dhèanamh - cùram a' thoirt do dhaoine nach fhaigh e ann an àite sam bith eile. Fhad 's a tha na dotairean a' cumail orra leis an obair mhìorbhaileach aca, tha an Dotair Gary Parker agus an Caiptean John Borrow a' cnuasachadh air ais air na bliadhnaichean a tha iad air a chur seachad air na Mercy Ships. Cuideachd tha beàrn-bheòil air an leanaban Prunel a' toirt an Dotair Gary agus seann euslainteach còmhla. Tha sinn a' leantainn Barthelimy agus Sergio aig a bheil cnapan air an aodainn, ach a dh'aindeoin gach oidhirp, uaireannan chan eil e a' dol mar a thathas an dùil.

A unique hospital ship offering life-saving surgery sets sail for the poorest of the poor in Africa. It has just one year to do the impossible - to provide the care these people cannot get any other way.

While volunteer medics continue to treat extraordinary cases of medical need, Dr Gary Parker and Captain John Borrow reflect on their decades with Mercy Ships. A cleft lip repair on baby Prunel reunites Dr Gary with a former patient and we follow the transformations of 38-year-old Barthelimy and 11-year-old Sergio, both with deforming facial tumours. Despite best efforts, sometimes the results don't meet expectations.
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