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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 8

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Episode 8

Series 2

BBC One - Island Medics, Series 2, Episode 8

Dr Lalla is frustrated by fog which is stopping the air ambulance from being able to land.

Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital. Dr Lalla is frustrated by summer fog which is stopping the air ambulance from being able to land.

Dr Lalla is frustrated by summer fog which means the air ambulance cannot land. To get his patient to specialist care, he urgently needs the coastguard helicopter - and the fog to clear. A South African with Shetland roots learns to always listen to his mother. She convinces him to get his foot x-rayed after a nasty stumble, and a fracture is diagnosed.

And senior staff nurse Emma Williamson suspects the cause of an asthma attack is more serious than it first appears.

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