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Pulse

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ABC Ended Drama Medical

1 Season · 8 Episodes · Premiered February 7, 1999 · Ended September 7, 2017

Frankie Bell, a transplant patient, became a doctor. Eight years after she is brought crashing to earth by chronic kidney failure she is in her second year as a practising doctor in a western Sydney Hospital. Driven to use her second chance to save others, Frankie must confront an ailing health system, and face her toughest challenge – learning to let go.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

8 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Thu, Jul 20 2017 10:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Transplant patient and now doctor, Frankie starts her first day in Renal rotation; best friend Lou battles surgery's boys' club; and flatmate Tabb starts as an intern.
E02
Episode 2
Thu, Jul 27 2017 10:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Frankie takes on the system to save a patient, and lands in trouble. Lou finds out it's not always wise to have an affair with a boss; and Tabb questions his ability as a doctor.
E03
Episode 3
Thu, Aug 3 2017 10:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min
When a heart transplant patient dies, Frankie fears the surgeons will close ranks to cover up a medical error. Lou realises she and best friend Frankie may be on different sides.
E04
Episode 4
Thu, Aug 10 2017 10:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min
When a patient wants to turn off the device keeping her alive Steele tries to dissuade her. Lou feels betrayed when Frankie takes on a Root Cause Analysis into a patient's death, threatening her job.
E05
Episode 5
Thu, Aug 17 2017 10:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min
When Berger learns Frankie has a fever in the middle of a hospital outbreak, he forces her into a bed for treatment, putting her secret at risk of exposure.
E06
Episode 6
Thu, Aug 24 2017 10:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Tanya Kalchuri is forced to tell Frankie she read her medical files - a breach of professional ethics; while Berger works with Eli Nadar to save a patient from deportation.
E07
Episode 7
Thu, Aug 31 2017 10:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min
On the eve of an investigation into a patient's death, Frankie realises that all doctors are fallible when faced with the reality of a health system that isn't always able to cater for all.
E08
Episode 8
Thu, Sep 7 2017 10:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Chad Berger's days as a doctor are coming to an end, but he is determined to see through a complex set of paired kidney exchange transplants. Will he be able to do so, or will his own condition get to him? (Final)

Cast

Claire van der Boom
Claire van der Boom as Frankie Bell
Andrea Demetriades
Andrea Demetriades as Lou Tannis
Arka Das
Arka Das as Tabb Patel
Pallavi Sharda
Pallavi Sharda as Tanya Kalchuri
Blessing Mokgohloa
Blessing Mokgohloa as Rowan Mitri
Susie Porter
Susie Porter as Maggie Cutter
Dalip Sondhi
Dalip Sondhi as Rupert Steele
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