• 2017
  • 6h 10m
The Surgery Ship Series

Summary A unique hospital ship offering life saving surgery sets sail along the coast of West Africa Africa. They have just one year to do the impossible - to provide the care these people cannot get any other way. On board are volunteer doctors and nurses - now headed straight for the biggest medical and ethical challenges of their lives. Ahead lies illnesses, many they have never seen outside of textbooks. A dramatic journey is underway as they deal with life and death cases and join with patients to transform lives. View more details

  • 2017
  • 6h 10m

The Surgery Ship Series

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Unknown

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8.5

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 17, 2017

Countries of origin : Australia

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Benin

Production companies : Media Stockade

Summary A unique hospital ship offering life saving surgery sets sail along the coast of West Africa Africa. They have just one year to do the impossible - to provide the care these people cannot get any other way. On board are volunteer doctors and nurses - now headed straight for the biggest medical and ethical challenges of their lives. Ahead lies illnesses, many they have never seen outside of textbooks. A dramatic journey is underway as they deal with life and death cases and join with patients to transform lives. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 17, 2017

Countries of origin : Australia

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Benin

Production companies : Media Stockade

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The Surgery Ship Series (2017)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Apr 17, 2017
The Power of Yes and No
Episode 2 • Apr 24, 2017
Skin Deep
Episode 4 • May 08, 2017
Gods and Monsters
The volunteer medics continue to treat extraordinary cases of medical need. Featured patients include Ramani - a devout Muslim man with a mysterious bone and tissue growth abnormality that deforms his face, Elizabeth - a 20 year old girl with a huge facial tumour her family believe is a voodoo curse, Viviane - a mother of 6 with a tumour of the mandible, and Elie - a young Christian boy with gigantism. This program explores cultural and religious factors that accompany the patient stories.
Episode 5 • May 15, 2017
Blood and Water
The volunteer medics continue to treat extraordinary cases of medical need. Featured patients include Maimouna - a 17 year old girl with a facial tumour which the ship operated on 4 years ago, but has now returned. Ignace - a teenage boy with a neurofibroma tumour which covers half his face, and Nanjire and Nadire - twin girls with identical bowed legs. Maimouna's journey to the ship is dramatic as ship doctor Nerida, who operated on Maimouna 4 years ago, travels to Guinea which has only recently been cleared of Ebola to find Maimouna and bring her to the ship for critical surgery. LIghter moments are told in the twin girls Nanjyra and Nadire.
Episode 6 • May 22, 2017
The Long Road Home
The volunteer medics continue to treat extraordinary cases of medical need. The screening team travels upcountry to remote areas of Benin to find patients who need help. Featured patients include Faith - a young girl from Kandi with severe bilateral bowed legs, Jonas from Ghana who had surgery on the ship 10 years earlier but his facial tumour has grown back, and Thierry - a mechanic from Parakou whose life-saving surgery turns out to be just the beginning of a dramatic journey of healing.
Episode 7 • May 29, 2017
On the Frontline
The volunteer medics continue to select and treat extraordinary cases of medical need. Featured patients include Rachidi - a teenage boy with a severe burn left untreated for 14 years, Clement - a local paediatrician who has been unable to work since a failed reconstructive surgery left his mouth disfigured, and Juvincia - a young malnourished girl with severely deformed legs due to rickets.
Episode 8 • May 05, 2017
Taking the Helm
The volunteer medics continue to treat extraordinary cases of medical need. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Michelle White travels to Lakossa to help train Beninese medics. Australian volunteer Nick Veltjens mentors local physiotherapist Melchior in the Ponseti method of treating club feet. Featured patients include Houefassi - a woman with a large and complex neck tumour that tests surgeon Mark Shrime to his limits, Baby Joanes - a clubfoot patient treated by the Ponseti team, and Baby Riana - a girl with a rare disease called arthrogryposis that can only be partially treated on the ship.
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