Pulse
When successful high-flier Frankie Bell is brought crashing to earth by chronic kidney failure she targets an alternate future. Eight years on she is in her second year as a practicing doctor starting her first day in a Renal rotation. Driven to use her second chance to save others, Frankie must confront an ailing health system, and face her toughest challenge - learning to let go.
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1.Episode 1
8.020-07-201756mTransplant patient and now doctor, Frankie starts her first day in Renal rotation; best friend Lou battles surgery's boys' club; and flatmate Tabb starts as an intern.
2.Episode 2
27-07-201757mFrankie takes on the system to save a patient, and lands in trouble. Lou finds out it’s not always wise to have an affair with a boss; and Tabb questions his ability as a doctor.
3.Episode 3
6.003-08-201754mWhen a heart transplant patient dies, Frankie fears the surgeons will close ranks to cover up a medical error. Lou realises she and best friend Frankie may be on different sides.
4.Episode 4
10-08-201757mWhen a patient wants to turn off the device keeping her alive, Steele tries to dissuade her. Lou feels betrayed when Frankie takes on a Root Cause Analysis into a patient’s death,...
5.Episode 5
17-08-201756mWhen Berger learns Frankie has a fever in the middle of a hospital outbreak, he forces her into a bed for treatment, putting her secret at risk of exposure.
6.Episode 6
24-08-201757mTanya Kalchuri is forced to tell Frankie she read her medical files - a breach of professional ethics; while Berger works with Eli Nadar to save a patient from deportation.
7.Episode 7
8.031-08-201751mOn the eve of an investigation into a patient's death, Frankie realises that all doctors are fallible when faced with the reality of a health system that isn't always able to cater...
8.Episode 8
07-09-201757mChad Berger's days as a doctor are coming to an end, but he is determined to see through a complex set of paired kidney exchange transplants. Will he be able to do so, or will his...
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