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Surgery Ship
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Episode 12017-04-18
Episode 1
In a harbor in Western Africa, a large cruise ship has moored. On it are dozens of skilled doctors, nurses and support staff. They are here to offer live saving medical help to people who will not get another chance. For one year there will be state of the art surgery available for free, but people will have to hurry its a once in a lifetime offer. At the end of the year, the ship will go.
Episode 22017-04-25
Episode 2
Surgery commences for three children, years after they were severely burnt. It'll take months of therapy for them to get their strength back.
Episode 32017-05-02
Episode 3
Two patients are treated for deforming facial tumours and, while treating a baby with a cleft lip, Dr Gary is reunitied with a former patient.
Episode 42017-05-09
Episode 4
20-year-old Elisabeth struggles with a large facial tumour in Benin, a region where some believe curses cause monstrous deformities.
Episode 52017-05-16
Episode 5
20-year-old Elisabeth struggles with a large facial tumour in Benin, a region where some believe curses cause monstrous deformities.
Episode 62017-05-23
Episode 6
The screening team head into remote areas of Benin, where they treat a young girl with bowed legs and a return patient whose tumour has grown back.
Episode 72017-05-30
Episode 7
Mercy Ships' volunteers are faced with an Ebola scare, as surgeons give hope to a young girl with extremely disfigured legs due to her severe malnutrition; a teenage boy can't touch his toes due to a severe burns injury.
Episode 82017-06-06
Episode 8
In a nine-hour surgery, a mother has a crushing tumour removed from her neck, while her kids Riana and Joanes benefit from the life-changing intervention of Benin's Ponseti clinic.
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