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Episode 5

Episode 5 of 10

Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital. The coastguard helicopter takes a 24-year-old oil rig worker to Lerwick for urgent medical treatment.

The coastguard helicopter takes a 24-year-old oil rig worker to Lerwick for urgent medical treatment. After appendicitis is diagnosed, he's rushed into surgery. A 64-year-old member of the Jarl Squad, stars of the annual fire festival Up Helly Aa, comes in to A&E complaining of breathlessness. The cause turns out to be a deadly blood clot, discovered in the nick of time. And community nurse Margaret Cooper gets an introduction to Out Skerries, one of Shetland's more remote islands.

44 minutes

Last on

Fri 16 Nov 2018 09:15

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Kevin Whately
Executive Producer Jane Rogerson
Series Producer Dani Carlaw
Production Company Red Sky Productions Ltd

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