Filmed over four months at Massachusetts General, Brigham and Women's, and Children's Hospital Boston, go inside the daily lives of the doctors, nurses and patients there.
Summary: A former firefighter has surgery to eliminate a cancerous tumor in his colon, but has to stick around to see if he'll need chemotherapy. A 4-year-old girl arrives at the hospital with bleeding in her brain.
Summary: A baby boy faces an uncertain future after being born with a heart defect, and his plight gets more complicated when doctors are horrified to discover that a mistake was made during the first attempt at correct...
Summary: A nurse treats a 6-year-old girl who suffered cardiac arrest; a cardiologist lobbies on behalf of a 55-year-old man in dire need of a heart transplant; a pair of second-year ob-gyn residents discuss their lives...
A trauma surgeon fiercely committed to his work operates on a pregnant woman who was shot in the chest; a teen with a diseased heart waits patiently for a transplant; a pair of surgical residents take advantage of time o...
Summary: A neurosurgeon prepares for a risky operation to remove a cancerous tumor from a 29-year-old man's sinus cavities; a nurse reflects on treating a child in the ER; a first-year surgical resident attempts his fir...
A soldier serving in Iraq is reunited with his wife in time for the birth of their son, who is born with a heart defect that requires surgery; a cardiothoracic resident must complete a lung transplant before he can atten...
In the premiere of this eight-part documentary series about the staffs and patients at three Boston hospitals, an ER resident struggles with confidence issues, and a cardiothoracic surgery resident prepares for a pair of...
