Documentary series telling the story of patients who enter hospitals across the country. In Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary, two-year-old Nicholas has been rushed in by ambulance because he is struggling to breathe.
In Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital Day Surgery Unit, bed 32 plays host to hospital employee Antony. He has come in to have a double hand operation after an accident last year. Usually patients opt to have one hand done at a time, but Anthony is keen to get his life back to normal as soon as possible.
In the Maternity Unit at Romford's Queen's Hospital, 32-year-old Mehvish is ready to give birth to her second child. There were complications with the birth of her first child, and Mehvish and her husband are worried that the same could happen again.
In Newcastle's A&E department, bed nine is ready to look after 73-year-old Sandra, who has been rushed in by ambulance after her speech became slurred. The doctors are worried that she might have had a stroke.
Secret Life of a Hospital Bed is a unique 20-part series where across the 60-minute episodes, fixed-rig cameras tell the story of patients who enter four different hospitals across the UK. The hospitals are The Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, The Queen's Hospital in Romford, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham and The Great Northern Childrens Hospital in Newcastle. The circumstances, the ailment, the treatment, the length of stay - everything is personal to the individual involved. But the one constant throughout is the bed.
An unprecedented look inside Britain's hospitals.
With over 150,000 currently in use across the NHS, hospital beds witness the most important moments of our lives. Filmed over five weeks, the series features four hospitals and one of the beds in their units including: A&E, Maternity, Day Surgery and Paediatrics.
Every patient who enters hospital has a different story to tell of how and why they are there. The unique nature of the access means that viewers see the ways in which patients and staff interact, shining a spotlight onto the vital work carried out by the hospitals dedicated staff members, and giving an intimate and heart-warming portrayal of life, death, and everything in-between inside Britain's hospitals.
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21 май 2019
