Name: Will to Survive
Released: 1986-05-15

The Flying Doctors

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The Flying Doctors

TV Series

198650m6.6

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Will to Survive

Season 1 · Episode 1 · May 15, 1986

Tom and Kate are on a clinicround. It's Tom's birthday. There they see a patient named Ted, who complains of stomach-ache. His family situation isn't the best, he doesn't care about his sons and they don't care about him. He is taken to hospital, where he finally makes up with his family. A new doctor, Chris Randall, arrives and everybody is upset that the RFDS headoffice sent a female doctor, especially Violet. Chris has to go out to see a patient with a smashed leg. She does everything she can to help the patient, Jim Spencer. But he really needs to go to hospital. They move Jim to the plane, but the weather is too rough, and Ray, the pilot, can't take off. They have to take Jim back to the house, and Chris makes a very difficult decision - she has to amputate Jim's leg to save his life, despite mrs. Spencer's vishes.

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The Flying Doctors

TV Series

198650m6.6

Drama

Now playing

Will to Survive

Season 1 · Episode 1 · May 15, 1986

6.0episode rating

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