The Flying Doctors - Season 1 Episode 1 Will to Survive
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.
Year: 1992
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, United States of America
Studio: Nine Network
Director:
Cast: Robert Grubb, Lenore Smith, Nikki Coghill, David Reyne, Christopher Stollery, Sarah Chadwick
Crew:
First Air Date: May 15, 1986
Last Air date: Oct 06, 1992
Season: 9 Season
Episode: 221 Episode
Runtime: 50 minutes
IMDb: 6.10/10 by 14.00 users
Popularity: 346.245
Language: English
Episode
Will to Survive
Trial By Gossip
Hot Enough For You
Dreams of Sand
Public Property
Is Nothing Sacred
Square Pegs
Sins of the Fathers
Rally to the Cause
Talk of the Town
Do You Read Me
E.T. - New Girl in Town
A Choice of Enemies
Departures
A Lost Generation
Someone Special
Return of the Hero
Eye of the Beholder
Million-acre Prison
Like a Death in the Family
Fearless Frank
Forgiveness
Acceptance
The Show Goes On
To The Rescue (1)
Into The Future (2)