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Secret Life of the Hospital Bed

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Documentary series following patients who enter hospitals across the country.

Documentary series using fixed-rig cameras to tell the story of patients who enter hospitals across the country.

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Secret Life of the Hospital Bed: Series 1: Episode 14

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Episode 14

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BBC One - Secret Life of the Hospital Bed, Series 1, Episode 14

Romford plays host to a mother in labour who wants a water birth.

Documentary series following patients in hospitals across Britain. Romford plays host to a mother in labour who wants a water birth, while a nose operation awaits in Birmingham.

Over in Romford's Queen's Hospital Maternity Unit, Bed 7 is looking after 28-year-old single mum Shirley who is being assessed after her waters broke in the cafe downstairs. She is keen on having a water birth, but as her labour develops it becomes clear this won't be possible. 

Over at the Day Surgery Unit in Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital Carl has arrived to have an operation on his nose. He has been having problems with it for the last year and has already had two investigative operations to find out what is going on. The surgery today will involve the bone being broken and moved to the side.

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Documentary series following patients who enter four hospitals across the country.

Documentary series using fixed-rig cameras to tell the story of patients who enter four hospitals across the country.

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