Medivac (1996)
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Matt Ford — Writer
Episodes 5
Romeo and Juliet
After robbing Wayne's bank, a young couple are involved in a car accident in which the boy's head is pierced by a length of rebar. Emerging from surgery severly brain damaged, he is fataly shot by his girlfriend and partner-in-crime who is in turn shot and killed by Peter when she attempts to turn the gun on him and Marina. A paraplegic comes into the ER and overdoses himself into a coma, his wish is to have his organs sold to a dying billionaire to help support his family. His wish is eventually realised but Gosia sees that the payout is more appropriate for the magnitude of his sacrifice. Macy returns to her job as the emergency department's Nurse Manager. Bree fishes Harry out of the river and treats him for a jellyfish sting. Harry introduces the staff to the newest member of Bethlehem West's emergency department, Dr. Tom Shawcross
Read MoreGates to the Kingdom (2)
The emergency department is quarantined when Nikki is believed to have a fatal rabbit virus. Dave Callen, Marina's medivac pilot, is blinded following an inflight explosion but Marina is able to successfully talk him through an emergency landing. Wayne attempts to sneak out of the hospital so that he can attend a stamp auction
Read MoreAll the Saints and Angels
Tom forges the organ donation papers of a deceased patient whose mother is vehemently opposed to it, and then pays off the woman so that she won't sue the hospital. On a medivac to the site of a mining accident, Marina risks her life to go underground into the unstable mine in order to help a trapped man but can only watch helplessly as he dies before her. Marina allows herself to fall in love with Dave. Harry makes his relationship with Bree public
Read MoreSharing the Blame
With growing opposition to Eric Frost as Nurse Manager, Julia reluctantly gives way and suggests to Gosia that the job could be hers if she could find a way to get Eric to leave on his own. Gosia springs in to action and Eric soon announces that he is quitting so that he can accept a ""better"" job at another hospital. Marina and Stella's medivac is used to smuggle drugs into the country.
Read MoreBoy Scout
After being called out on a medivac to an isolated farmhouse, Sean and Evie's pilot is murdered and their helicopter is stolen, leaving them to contend with the injured, and dangerous, partner of the man responsible. Marina continues to encounter her suitor, he conveniently appears to help her with a flat tire and then takes the opportunity to fix up her car. As Tom returns to work, Arch considers going to the medical board to have him placed on the impaired practitioners register.
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