Hopkins 24/7

This powerful, six-part documentary series, breaks new ground using small hand-held cameras that take viewers deep into the most private corners of the medical world. Day and night for three months, an ABC news crew captured the everyday events of patients and staff. Episode 1: Focuses on Dr. Edward Cornwell, as he tries to save the wounded of East Baltimore's street war, both in the operating room and an outreach program; unprecedented access to a 'Morbidity and Morality' conference, a self-critical discussion of doctors' mistakes, a battle against cancer. Episode 2: Probe the fear and frustration of parents who must decide to allow their 4 year old to undergo a complicated and risky surgery. Meet Dr. Christina Catlett, an ER physician, and follow a 'lowly' first year intern through a work week that can average over 100 hours in his quest to become a surgeon. Episode 3: Experience the fear in the emergency room when a doctor is exposed to HIV infected blood; the race against time to implant new lungs in a patient who will die without a new organ; and nervous medical students on their first days at John Hopkins. Episode 4: Dr. Michael Ain, who has persevered to become a leading doctor in spite of being a little person; pediatric staff who has bonded with a one-year old patient; a portrait of Dr. Rick Montz; feel the anger of the pediatric emergency staff when a battered child is brought in unconscious. Episode 5: Get behind closed doors to hear candid conversations between therapists and anorexic young women; witness the amazing moment when a profoundly deaf child hears for the first time made possible by a microchip implant. Episode 6: Examine the emotional turmoil as family comes to grips with mortality; Dr. Risa Moriarty, abruptly quits her job after seven years of training; Dr. Brett Christansen on a bad night in the emergency room, as he loses two patients and his composure falters.