Critical Surgery: Changing Lives

Name: Critical Surgery: Changing Lives
Genre: Medical
Released: 2018-02-15
Cast: Sophie Black

Network:5

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Aired on Feb 22, 2018, 10:00 PM

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Description

Documentary series about 20 volunteer medics who, every year, travel to Ethiopia with the Facing Africa charity, to perform reconstructive facial surgery on patients with little or no health care facilities.

Details

Status: Ended
Language: English
Runtime: 65 min
Premiered: February 15, 2018
Ended: February 22, 2018
Schedule: Thursday at 10:00 PM

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Episodes (1 Season · 2 Episodes)

Episode 1

The first episode focuses on 22-year-old Zinash, who has a tumour that has been growing for more than six years. It has now taken over her lower jaw and will kill her if not treated. The Facing Africa medics are her only hope - but this is the first time they have undertaken such a complex operation. Can they save Zinash?

Feb 15, 2018

65 min

Episode 2

Twenty-year-old Hulu Sintayehu, from the poorest region of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, has a tumour growing into the side of her neck, deep into her blood vessels. The surgeons from Facing Africa have not seen this type of tumour before, presenting them with a highly complicated operation - and if they run out of anything, they have no spares, so they have to think on their feet and come up with a plan B.

Feb 22, 2018

65 min