The Last Breakthrough
The Last Breakthrough
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The Last Breakthrough

6.0 / 10
2004
1 season
30 episodes
Drama

When his girlfriend dies, Dr. Albert Wong Fo Fun joins "Life Force", an international medical humanitarian organization, to carry out her unfulfilled wish of helping the less fortunate. He also sets up a medical centre in Hong Kong to help the poor. While working in Kenya and in Hong Kong, he meets a wealthy young doctor, an honest nurse, and a stubborn young volunteer. Together, they help each other redefine what it means to live a meaningful life.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Episode 1

    15-11-200445m

    Cardiologist WONGPO FUN returned to the Ling Shiu Hospital in 1996. He persuaded a tycoon Mr CHING to have laser surgery, which was the latest technology to stimulate the growth of...

  • Ep 2

    2.Episode 2

    16-11-200445m

    HONG KIN needs a bone marrow transplant. KIU is sad after hearing the news. She loses her job when her boss mistakenly thinks she is not doing her work properly. FUN suspects that...

  • Ep 3

    3.Episode 3

    17-11-200445m

    HANG realises that he has accidentally swapped his rucksack with FUN’s. Luckily he meets CHING, a volunteer for Life Force, who brings him to see FUN in the clinic. HANG volunteers...

  • Ep 4

    4.Episode 4

    18-11-200445m

    CHING complains that HANG acts like a big mummy’s boy. However, FUN admires him and says that he is like the old him. BRIAN, who is in charge of the administration, tells FUN that...

  • Ep 5

    5.Episode 5

    19-11-200445m

    SHEUNG does not show up at the WONGPO’s home for dinner. HING is furious and breaks up with him. FUN tells her to stay calm. She says that SHEUNG has never tried to face their prob...

  • Ep 6

    6.Episode 6

    22-11-200445m

    KIU returns the key ring to FUN at the Ling Shing Clinic. She swears to prove her ability and work ethic to him. HANG is pleased when his grandmother CHOW KUK comes back to Hong Ko...

  • Ep 7

    7.Episode 7

    23-11-200445m

    HANG goes back home with some breakfast and apologises to SHEUNG and HING. The father and son forgive each other. KWAN’s daughter SIU YAU was born with a heart disorder. She is adm...

  • Ep 8

    8.Episode 8

    24-11-200445m

    HANG and SHEUNG argue over what technique they should use on KUK. Eventually, she opts for HANG’s suggestion. Something goes wrong during the operation, but HANG and SHEUNG work to...

  • Ep 9

    9.Episode 9

    25-11-200445m

    A woman SUKI has a pre-marital checkup at the Ling Shing Clinic. FUN discovers that she has ovarian cancer. He tries to find a song, of which he doesn’t know the title, for her. KI...

  • Ep 10

    10.Episode 10

    26-11-200445m

    HANG explains to YAU that he is upset because of ALEX’s condition. They forgive each other again. HANG disapproves of SHEUNG for letting ALEX’s parent believe that a miracle could...

  • Ep 11

    11.Episode 11

    29-11-200445m

    A woman from the Tolu tribe is confirmed as carrying HIV. Therefore, HANG and the other volunteers are keen to teach the locals about AIDS. SHEUNG interrogates HING about her relat...

  • Ep 12

    12.Episode 12

    30-11-200445m

    A group of Tolu comes to the medical centre to thank HANG for saving the girl. HANG and CHING are thrilled by the unexpected outcome. YAU finds that her necklace is gone when she i...

  • Ep 13

    13.Episode 13

    01-12-200445m

    The blood test results show that many women and children are HIV positive in Kenya. HANG distributes condoms to some local men, but they discard them. CHING is shocked to learn tha...

  • Ep 14

    14.Episode 14

    02-12-200445m

    HANG asks FUN why he did not try to persuade Mrs SHUM to have an abortion. FUN explains that he does not want her to regret it for the rest of her life. KIN wants to eat in a resta...

  • Ep 15

    15.Episode 15

    03-12-200445m

    KIN and YUE are glad in thinking that KIU and FUN are dating after seeing her staying by him in the hospital. CHING advises FUN to cherish KIU and give up looking for TUNG’s killer...

  • Ep 16

    16.Episode 16

    06-12-200445m

    ZHENG brings some breakfast to KIU’s home and finds MAN wandering outside the flat. He encourages her to go in. MAN and KIU promise each other to face any problems, and make up. FU...

  • Ep 17

    17.Episode 17

    07-12-200445m

    An old man FOOK complains to CHING about HANG being unfriendly. CHING lies that HANG is occasionally deaf, much to HANG’s amusement. KIU encourages ZHENG to contact his sister LIN....

  • Ep 18

    18.Episode 18

    08-12-200445m

    The Life Force reaches the Dong Ting Village Medical Centre. Dr SHI, nurse HE LIN and a local doctor JIANG lead the team to visit the prevention centre and explain to them their pr...

  • Ep 19

    19.Episode 19

    09-12-200445m

    YI suffers from a stomach twinge. ZHENG carries him to the hospital. On the way, he apologises for his absence to YI. When YI wakes up, he tells ZHENG that he likes KIU and wishes...

  • Ep 20

    20.Episode 20

    10-12-200445m

    BO’s condition has not improved. JIANG thinks that he has pneumonia. FUN suggests sending him to the hospital for a thorough check-up, but JIANG objects. CHING worries that YAU wil...

  • Ep 21

    21.Episode 21

    13-12-200445m

    HING is pregnant. She fears that SHEUNG will be unhappy about it, so she does not tell him. SHEUNG is promoted to the hospital board and wants to celebrate with HING. However, he s...

  • Ep 22

    22.Episode 22

    14-12-200445m

    HANG is sent to assist at the scene of the accident. He blames FUN for ignoring his suggestion, thereby causing more casualties. FUN regrets it deeply. He tries to look for WING to...

  • Ep 23

    23.Episode 23

    15-12-200445m

    In the rain, YAU searches for a phone neck-string that HANG gave her. She is exhausted and blacks out. SHEUNG suggests urgent heart surgery for her. YAU demands that HANG become he...

  • Ep 24

    24.Episode 24

    16-12-200445m

    After operating on YAU, SHEUNG is shocked to hear that HING has had a miscarriage. HING suppresses her own grief and tries to comfort him. She discovers that HANG has liver cancer....

  • Ep 25

    25.Episode 25

    17-12-200445m

    Before KIU sets off for Kenya, neither FUN nor KIU apologise to the other to save face. HING is shocked that the hospital has postponed buying an RFA machine in order to buy equipm...

  • Ep 26

    26.Episode 26

    20-12-200445m

    HANG suffers from the treatment and wants to kill himself. YAU and SHUM ask CHING, who is in Kenya, for help. CHING is grieving for a child who died from liver failure. When she re...

  • Ep 27

    27.Episode 27

    21-12-200445m

    A voluntary nurse SUSAN of the Life Force disapproves of how her husband’s family ignores women’s social position. Her husband’s sister-in-law suffered complications during labour....

  • Ep 28

    28.Episode 28

    22-12-200445m

    FUN is excited to hear that KIU is pregnant and wants to marry her. The Lung Shing Clinic is closed down. Everybody goes their own way. FUN and KIU are glad to see ZHENG come back...

  • Ep 29

    29.Episode 29

    23-12-200445m

    KIU is admitted to hospital with abdominal pain. She is diagnosed with ovarian cancer. FUN tries to comfort her by saying if she has regular checkups, she can stay pregnant. CHING...

  • Ep 30

    30.Episode 30

    24-12-200445m

    CHING finds out about HANG’s condition when she sees YAU looking worried. She prays with the others for HANG and KIU. ZHENG comes back to Hong Kong. He learns from KIU that FUN dri...

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