All Saints (1998)

The first episode of All Saints leaves us in no doubt that the nursing staff of Ward 17 will do anything to help their patients, even if it means putting their jobs on the line.

Harry Williams is admitted with a mild cardiac condition. Terri is concerned as she feels he will not get the care he requires in her general ward and in particular the single room.

On the mean streets of Penrith, Ben saves the life of stab victim and drug dealer Mario Constantine.

Arnie Walker, a muscular young man in his early twenties, is admitted to the ward after being thrown from his motorbike in a traffic accident.

A handsome young semi-professional footballer Greg has had a testicle removed by orchidectomy.

Emily Watson and her brother Robbie are admitted for a kidney transplant.

Bron's favourite patient Bob Parkin is back in the ward with pneumonia.

When a young boy suffers a minor head injury, a mass shows up on the CAT scan indicating he may have a brain tumor.

Luke is cramming hard for an important operation, courting the approval of the VMO, Alan Fitzer.

A self-centred, opinionated blind woman, Barbara Phillips, whom everyone is keen to avoid, is in the ward while a skin graft to her burnt arm heals, and absolutely nothing is to her satisfaction.

Hearts are at stake. Connor’s isn’t exactly broken, but it’s badly bruised when he realises that Bron and Luke are sleeping together.

Connor is horrified to learn his rugby league hero, Gary Headley, has been admitted to hospital, believing that he must have sustained a sporting injury.

Connor is very excited when Terri confirms that he is to be Team Leader for the day.

Ward 17 is turned upside-down by the arrival of the vociferous and commanding Ma O’Connell.

The day starts chaotically, with the news that two high-dependency bypass patients are on their way up from ICU.

A young girl is admitted to Ward 17 after being brought in by Ben earlier that day.

The staff are excited when a patient, Laura, is scheduled for a cochlear implant to restore her hearing which was lost five years ago due to an auto immune disease.

Von has to face some disturbing memories, when an old friend she hasn't seen since they served together in Vietnam is admitted to the ward before an operation.

As the ward prepares for another night shift, Carlos de Sousa is admitted from ICU.

Julie Allen is a young woman in hospital only six weeks after the birth of her first child.

Luke has been working for the past week with a visiting surgical consultant, Francesca Norman, and really enjoying it.

Colin Bell is admitted to Ward 17 following a home invasion which has left him badly bruised, slightly concussed and with severed tendons in his hand.

An uncomfortable situation, when Kevin Taylor and his ex wife Linda both end up on ward 17, following a violent domestic incident.

First day back on the job sees Ben called to the aid of a young officer shot in the line of duty.

The nursing staff are amazed by the willpower of a terminally ill patient, May, as she struggles hold on until after the birth of her first great grandchild.

TERRI’s best friend and mentor, SISTER MARGUERITE, is admitted to All Saints after a fainting attack.

A TV celebrity checks in for a double mastectomy — accompanied by a television crew who will document the whole procedure for a new medical show.

Richard Craig is all set to perform a ground breaking heart surgery, but when the patient changes his mind, Luke places the blame on Bron.

An English tourist and his wife are admitted after a serious car accident.

Terri fills in as Assistant Director of Nursing for the day, leaving Steph responsible for Ward 17.

Bob Parkin is in for a lung resection and Bron has developed a soft spot for him.

A patient's flirtation with Jared becomes serious when she accuses him of rape.

When Peter counsels the father of a teenage binge drinker, he is also forced to examine his relationship with his own son.

Responding to the sudden death of an infant, Bron takes a compassionate approach to the grieving mother while Ben takes out his pent-up aggressions from the loss of Steph's baby.

No one is surprised when a woman is readmitted to the ward after being injured in a domestic dispute with her husband.

Jaz is still trying to come to terms with her date rape and has a tense moment with Jared after she makes a mistake on the ward.

The husband of an old friend of Steph's is admitted with an inoperable brain tumour.

Terri is forced to nurse reluctant patient Bryan Taylor, a man who has been told that he will develop Huntington's Disease and is determined to commit suicide.

Steph's life is on the line when she and two patients contract a rare disease.

Tension and panic runs high when Ben and Bron are called to save a little girl who has fallen down a storm water drain.

The 1998 season finale is packed with emotion when Ward 17 celebrates Christmas.