Following patients as they undergo major surgery, this series explores the pressures and demands on the NHS in Northern Ireland, through the eyes of those faced with making life-saving decisions. A surgical team prepares for major spinal surgery on a teenager in the Royal Victoria Hospital, while a patient diagnosed with cancer undergoes life-saving surgery in Belfast’s City Hospital.
Following patients as they undergo major surgery, this series explores the pressures and demands on the NHS in Northern Ireland, through the eyes of those faced with making life-saving decisions. As the winter pressures mount in Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital, a patient requiring heart surgery awaits his operation, while the neurosurgery team operate on a patient diagnosed with a brain tumour.