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Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.

Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland, which provides emergency and medical care to the islands' 23,000 residents.

Island Medics: Series 2

Kevin Whately

Jane Rogerson

Dani Carlaw

Red Sky Productions Ltd

Island Medics: Series 2: Episode 6

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Episode 6

Series 2

BBC One - Island Medics, Series 2, Episode 6

A specialist retrieval team beats the weather to get to a critically ill patient.

Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital. A specialist retrieval team beats the weather to get to a critically ill patient who needs urgent treatment on the mainland.

The annual fire festival Up Helly Aa gets under way with a traditional visit to the hospital from the squads of men dressed in Viking garb. It is a night to remember for one reveller, who ends up in A&E with serious burns after an accident with a kettle. A specialist retrieval team beats the weather to get to a critically ill patient who needs urgent treatment on the mainland. And an 84-year-old marathon runner is stopped in his tracks by a fall that breaks his hip. But after an operation, he is determined to get back to fitness.

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