Children's Hospital (1993)

A new series, this time focusing on Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital. Tonight, new-born baby Leon arrives with a rare and life-threatening condition where his stomach and intestines have formed outside his body. Meanwhile, four-year-old Thomas is rushed into casualty with serious head injuries following a road traffic accident.

Tonight sees the arrival of four-year-old Ryan, who has been savagely attacked by a dog, and a boy with a peanut stuck up his nose. There are updates on Thomas, who was brought in last week following a road accident, and on the progress of baby Leon who was born with his intestines outside his body.

Fifteen-year-old Penny tonight sees the surgeon hoping to correct her curvature of the spine, while four-year-old Thomas is recovering from head injuries after being hit by a car.

Nine-year-old Sean faces a five-hour exploratory operation for a possible head tumour, while surgeon John Dorgan prepares teenager Penny to walk for the first time following her spinal operation.

This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, six-year-old Lucy , is fitted with a pacemaker, two-year-old Adam is rushed in from North Wales with a blood infection which can kill children in hours, and in casualty, a woman is convinced her grandson has swallowed a screw.

This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, eight-year-old Antony may need neurosurgery after being admitted with a serious head injury. Surgeon John Dorgan prepares to operate on six-month old David , whose club foot needs correcting, and five-year-old Nikita arrives to begin a new course of cancer treatment.

This week at Liverpool's Alder-Hey children's hospital, five-year-old Nikita returns for the next stage in her cancer treatment, while doctors battle against time to save three-year-old Sean who is virtually unconscious from an asthma attack.

This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, five-year-old Alan is treated after jumping out of a window, a baby who swallowed turpentine, and a boy who has had an aerosol paint can explode in his face. Also, casualty nurse Mark keeps an eye on his nine-year-old son David during an asthma check-up, and five-year-old Nikita starts chemotherapy treatment for her cancer.

This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, anaesthetist Fiona Reynolds finds her stamina pushed to the limit during 24 hours on call. She has to help deal with a 15-week premature baby needing an operation for a perforated bowel, then in casualty, is faced with a two-and-a-half-year-old girl with possible brain swelling after a fit in the bath. Also, six-year-old Nikita is back for the latest stage in her cancer treatment.

This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, toddler Gregory faces treatment with leeches to speed up healing, after microsurgery to replace his fingertips. Casualty newcomer Dr Dan Carroll has to deal with a teenage overdose, while two girls with cerebral palsy face operations to improve their walking.

This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, two-year-old twins Katie and Aimee both have pre-operation tests for holes in the heart. Sixteen-year-old Nadia and ten-year-old Louise, who have walking problems caused by cerebral palsy, return to the hospital to take their first steps following operations on their legs, and casualty nurse Mike Callaghan deals with a teenage girl who has swallowed a 50 pence piece.

This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, a baby born prematurely at home is rushed in with serious breathing problems, and two-year-old twins Katy and Aimee undergo operations to repair holes in their hearts. Also, student nurse Steve Allen has an interview for an accident and emergency post.

This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, consultant neurosurgeon Paul May operates on eight-year-old Danielle , who was born with two holes in her skull, and 18-month-old Cameron , whose brain produces excess fluid.

This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, a boy is treated after losing the tip of his finger in a door, while one-day-old Faith has just a 50 per cent chance of survival after being born with a hole in her diaphragm. She needs emergency surgery as her intestines place pressure on her heart and lungs. Also ten-year-old Stephen, who has brittle bone disease, has his seventh operation on his club foot.

This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, 13-year-old Martin, who was riding on top of a coal train, is rushed in with serious burns after being electrocuted by an overhead railway cable. Baby Faith leaves intensive care after surgery on her diaphragm, and brittle bone sufferer Steven hopes to walk for the first time in his life after an operation on his club foot.

This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital, two-year-old Jamal has tests for a series of seizures, baby James has a puzzling rash, and Martin, who last week suffered serious burns from an overhead railway cable, hears the extent of his injuries and faces learning to walk again.

This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital, 14-year-old Steven, confined to a wheelchair with a muscle-wasting disease, faces an operation to straighten his spine, while 13-year-old Martin takes his first steps after being badly burned in a railway accident.

This week nurse Alan Higginson is faced with three drunken teenagers, eight-year-old Andrew has his lungs examined internally with a fibre-optic telescope, and Nikita returns for tests to see if her cancer has cleared.

This week at Liverpool's Alder Hey hospital, 14-year-old Stephen has an emergency operation after a firework exploded in his hand, and 9-year-old Laura has a head brace fitted to correct two slipped neck vertibrae.

The last in the series focusing on Liverpool's Alder Hey hospital sees Andrew 's chest problems finally diagnosed. Brittle bone sufferer Steven tries to walk on his own for the first time, and 11-year-old Leonie is in casualty after being hit by a car.