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Episode 1
Six-year-old Safari first came to RPA in 2001 to endure several operations after being burnt by a campfire in his African village home. Six years later RPA caught up with the shy teenager in Sydney, then in 2009 the program went to Kenya to visit Safari. Now 16, his remarkable journey continues as he travels back to Australia for more life-changing surgery.Aired on Channel 9 2
Episode 2
Last year 33-year-old Renee was told she only had two months to live. Several months on, RPA discovers how her brother's extraordinary gift has changed the lives of the whole family.Aired on Channel 9 3
Episode 3
This special series, which revisits the most memorable moments and patients filmed by the program at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, opens a new chapter on the captivating stories of unforgettable adults and children who have won the hearts of Channel Nine viewers.Aired on Channel 9 4
Episode 4
This special series, which revisits the most memorable moments and patients filmed by the program at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, opens a new chapter on the captivating stories of unforgettable adults and children who have won the hearts of Channel Nine viewers.Aired on Channel 9 5
Episode 5
Eighteen year old Cesaltina arrived from East Timor with a deadly heart condition. Rotary raised the money to bring her to RPA for an urgent heart operation to save her life. The RPA team tracks her down in East Timor to see how life has treated her since her life saving surgery.Aired on Channel 9 6
Episode 6
When we first met Kim – father of 3 – he was dying of liver failure and was desperate for a transplant. He was very jaundiced and fading fast. At the 11th hour a liver became available and saved his life.
Kim is a new man, in more ways that one.Aired on Channel 9 7
Episode 7
His mates call him “Pumpkin Paul” and for good reason. The retired farmer from Bega exhibits his giant prized pumpkins at various shows, including the Royal Easter Show. RPA followed his remarkable story over 2 years after he was diagnosed with a rare tumour behind his right eye. Major surgery was required and there was a real chance he would lose the eye. The team, including Professor Chris O’Brien did an amazing job to save his life. Four years on Paul reflects on the irony that the man who saved his life is now fighting for his own.Aired on Channel 9 8
Episode 8
Back in 2007 Daniel noticed his wedding ring no longer fitted him and his Aunt set off the alarm bells when, after not seeing him of six months, she noticed his changed and enlarged appearance. He was diagnosed with acromegaly - a rare and debilitating disease that causes abnormal enlargement of the skull, jaw, hands and feet. Daniel needed major surgery to remove a tumour from his pituitary gland. Four years later is Daniel the man he used to be?Aired on Channel 9 9
Episode 9
In 2008 seventy-three year old Amerigo almost lost his arm attempting to remove a tree branch. He was lucky to make it to hospital alive after losing a lot of blood. Three years later he’s a changed man. Also, In 2003 18 year old Cesaltina was brought to RPA from East Timor for a life saving heart operation. When we last caught up with her she had an emotional reunion with the doctor who saved her life.Aired on Channel 9 10
Episode 10
Kim was barely alive when we first met him in 2006. He needed a liver transplant urgently. Incredibly he was given a new liver just in time.
When we last caught up with him, he was almost unrecognisable. Also, when we first met Eleanor doctors had described her psoriasis as the worst they had ever seen. Ninety percent of her body was covered in the painful rash. When we caught up with the thirty-one year old, had she found a cure?Aired on Channel 9 11
Episode 11
This special series, which revisits the most memorable moments and patients filmed by the program at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, opens a new chapter on the captivating stories of unforgettable adults and children who have won the hearts of Channel Nine viewers.Aired on Channel 9 12
Episode 12
Alison was twenty-four weeks pregnant with twins when we first met her. Doctors discovered she had twin twin transfusion syndrome. It is a condition where one twin becomes small and anaemic, and the other twin becomes large and overloaded with blood. One of Alison’s twins was in so much danger doctors decided to deliver at twenty-six weeks. How are the twins doing now?Aired on Channel 9
