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16 Episodes 1999 - 2000
Episode 1
60 mins
After learning that Darwin Ward is going to be split in half to accommodate a new general surgery ward, cardiothoracic consultant Anton Meyer and registrar Nick Jordan return early from a medical conference in Florida. On the flight back to Holby, Eleri (Annette Badland), the woman Nick is sitting next to, experiences a severe bleed. Nick and Meyer discover that she is seven months pregnant, and have to perform a Caesarean in order to stop the bleed. At the hospital, SHO Victoria Merrick flirts with new healthcare assistant Danny Shaughnessy, and registrar Kirstie Collins has a HIV scare when senior staff nurse Ray Sykes accidentally sticks her with a needle which has been used on a HIV positive patient. Kirstie takes a HIV test, which comes back negative. Ward sister Jasmine Hopkins returns to work following her stabbing. She tells her friend, staff nurse Julie Fitzjohn, that she wants an abortion. Julie attempts to deter her, and tells Jasmine's ex-fiance Carl (Alex Avery) about Jasmine's pregnancy. He angrily confronts Jasmine, who in turn is furious with Julie for telling him. Jasmine accuses Julie of wanting to take her job, before collapsing in pain. Nick and Meyer arrive back at the hospital with Elerie. Despite their ordeal, Meyer insists that Nick takes part in a hospital blood drive, determined that Darwin staff will donate more than the general surgery staff.
Episode 2
60 mins
Jasmine experiences a bleed and is admitted as a patient. She and Julie make up, and Julie stays with her as Jasmine miscarries her baby. Ward Sister Karen Newburn visits Jasmine, who asks her if she and Nick, her estranged husband, ever considered having children. Karen admits that the reason she and Nick split up was not his infidelity, as suspected amongst the staff, but because they could not conceive a child. When Ray remarks on the division of Darwin Ward, Karen proposes him as a union representative, seconded by Julie. Following his treatment of a patient on board a plane in "Search for the Hero", Nick is given two complimentary tickets to Paris and a hotel for the weekend by the airline. He asks both Kirstie and Victoria to accompany him, and is turned down each time. Karen is aware that she is his third choice, so strings him along when he asks her, pretending to agree before revealing she will actually be spending the weekend in Rome with her boyfriend Dave.
Episode 3
60 mins
The team races against time to find a donor for a girl in need of a lung transplant and, in the meantime, the patient's wilful sister takes a poorly man waiting for a new heart off on a joyride. At the end of the day the staff unwind at the Christmas party - except for Karen and Nick, whose relationship takes an unexpected turn.
Episode 4
60 mins
Victoria is forced to go against an elderly woman's wishes in order to save her life and Nick discovers he is about to perform surgery on the wrong patient - a man attempting to jump the queue by masquerading as his father and taking his place on the operating table.
Episode 5
60 mins
The victim of a racially motivated stabbing is brought in at the same time as his badly wounded attackers and, as police and vengeful relatives create a clamour in the new ward, Nick Jordan pursues Karen, determined to keep his marriage alive. Meanwhile, Kirstie asks Danny for a date, only to find he's waiting for the right moment to approach Victoria.
Episode 6
60 mins
Staff are sceptical about a mysterious man who arrives at the hospital carrying a sick woman, and claiming to know the whereabouts of her desperately ill baby. Meanwhile, a drug addict causes problems on the ward, Meyer's future at the hospital seems uncertain, and Nick Jordan decides to spread a little festive cheer.
Episode 7
60 mins
A woman in emergency with a heart problem discloses that she is Meyer's sister. Her husband does not like him and does not want Meyer's anywhere near his wife. Nick and Karen are driving when they see a crashed car. In an attempt to rescue the driver, Nick injures his hand.
Episode 8
60 mins
The woman that Nick saved from the crash is found to have drugs in her system, memory loss and bruising all over. The staff think it is date rape. Nick has surgery on his hand and is told he may never operate again.
Episode 9
60 mins
An autistic patient challenges Meyer to a chess game. If Meyer cannot beat him, the man won't have the life saving heart surgery.
Episode 10
60 mins
Julie and Jasmin are at odds over a prisoner. He claims he is innocent to Julie, but Jasmin knows he is guilty and tries to stop Julie from helping him escape.
Episode 11
60 mins
Nick Jordan returns to work and spends too much time trying to convince Karen to move back in with him. Just down the hall, a patient is going into cardiac arrest and Jordan is ignoring his pager. When the alarm goes off, he rushes to the patient and starts CPR just before Meyer gets there. The woman dies and her sister threatens to sue the hospital for negligence, and Meyer finds out that Nick did not come when paged.
Episode 12
60 mins
The hospital chaplain collapses and needs heart surgery. He loses his faith and his wife refuses to call his estranged daughter for him. Meyer suspends Nick until the negligence hearing. Mike and Kath deals with a strange case of an almost-permanently ill young girl.
Episode 13
60 mins
A case of mistaken identity causes a death. A love affair between a teacher and her student ends up in the emergency department.
Episode 14
60 mins
A patient dies of Diptheria and the hospital is on shut down. A 14 year old girl is gravely ill and only Danny and Jasmine figure out what is wrong with her. Nick's hearing day. Karen makes a final decision on her marriage. Nick resigns.
Episode 15
60 mins
Merrick and Barratt tell a young boxer with a faulty heart valve he can't box anymore. A woman with breast cancer suspects her husband is having an affair. Tash discovers a lump in her armpit and is hesitant about seeing a specialist.
Episode 16
60 mins
The staff go on a character building weekend when Dr. Barratt falls down a steep hill and breaks his leg. A large man loses his spleen because his tiny wife bashed him with an iron. Danny is exposed as a two timer. Tash gets her cancer results.