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Combat Hospital Premiered on ABC on June 21, 2011

Follow the frantic lives of a military hospital's resident doctors and nurses as they navigate the relentless life-and-death battles on the operating table, and the never-ending conflicts that arise from working in a war zone of Southern Afghanistan.

Modelled after the real Canadian-lead NATO Role 3 Hospital, the set is a meticulous re-creation of a portion of the hospital compound and the vast Kandahar Airfield, including the helicopter landing zone, boardwalk area and barracks, which housed over 15,000 military and civilian personnel.

A Role 3 Medical Unit is the highest level of care available in Kandahar, with facilities for emergency surgery and intensive care. The Role 3 hospital is improvised quarters: a jumble of tents, temporary buildings made of plywood and duct tape, even repurposed shipping containers that line the unit as its protective outer walls. Within these walls an international team of doctors, nurses and medics deliver the best battlefield surgical care anywhere to wounded soldiers, civilians caught in the crossfire, even the enemy.

Helming the hospital on behalf of the Canadian Forces is Colonel Xavier Marks (Elias Koteas), a career military surgeon and Head of the Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit. New Role 3 recruits include Major Rebecca Gordon (Michelle Borth), a top-of-her-class trauma surgeon who is eager to impress, along with Captain Bobby Trang (Terry Chen), who is thrown into the deep end as a Trauma Team Leader upon his arrival to the unit. The only non-military medical staffer is the brilliant British neurosurgeon Dr. Simon Hill (Luke Mably), leaving the others to wonder why he volunteered to work in a war zone. Overseeing the mental well being of the troops on their tour of duty is the Australian psychiatrist Major Grace Pederson (Deborah Kara Unger). And as every doctor knows - they are nothing without their nurses: Chief of Nursing, Commander Will Royal (Arnold Pinnock), a registered nurse serving with the Canadian Forces, won't let them forget this universal truth.
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[ Last edited by spratt89 at 6-22-2011 22:59 ]

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What a difference between Rebecca and Bobby first assignment with Bobby struggling and Rebecca crossing the line but the turnaround for Bobby on his second case was impressive and the snake was amusing

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This reminds me of M*A*S*H if you remember with Hawkeye and Radar
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068098/

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Another good episode, that was a bad infection they got in the hospital and the American Special Forces guy was amusing and being forced to do surgery in the dining hall was their only option

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This has now been added to Realplayer site

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Amusing start with the spider and the guard asking if it was armed was funny and surgery on the laptop was amusing and tragic that Rebecca was told to stop because it would drain their blood bank

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Yes that was a nice story and it was nice of her to ask the guy to leave when the tears were in her eyes

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What a time for Simon to hitch a ride to the farm he bought but the punishment was amusing and the sleep deprived lieutenant looked wired from the start but nice work in getting the Com's link to the sat phone was great

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I had a feeling that something would happen to the soldier with the mole after striking a deal to be with his boys and what they did to find the bride and get her back with the groom was great, Rebecca giving her so called cursed ring was a great gesture

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After what happened to the seven soldiers brought into the Trauma Bays when their lucky charm Private Henry arrived was surprising but not so lucky for himself and I'm glad the had the clerical miscommunication but what they tried to do for the lady with the goat was nice

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That was amusing

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To be honest i would hate the thought that the person at the flight controls was on stimulant drugs so they could keep flying and the guy's face when they pretended to get the tapeworm was amusing

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The Private who couldn't keep his hands of his privates was an amusing story line but his hands in bandages was a little corny and it's a shame the burn victim didn't survive but it's better to of tried and failed than to not try at all

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Getting the eye drops into the general eyes was amusing but the paperclip was priceless and Vans friend being injured after the explosion was interesting but finding out it was another friend that shot him was a surprise but Vans being detained after the escape was tragic

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That was an impressive surgery from Simon but sad times for his brother and I'm not surprised the chaplain (Camille Sullivan) had a lapse of faith but the actress is doing the round in the shows i watch which is great

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Some of the pranks before the hockey game were amusing and Bobby loses his composure during was interesting but the way the Major lost her cool integrating the kids was a surprise

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Rebecca had a tough judgment call to make but what a tragic price Fritz payed for saving Col. Marks

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I think she lost her cool, if she wanted the boy to talk she shouldn't of attached the girl even low the got what she wanted