Ep 6. Hopkins: Episode Six

Oscar Serrano, a first year resident in surgery, commits a major rookie blunder by puncturing a patient's lung. Fortunately, the patient is as understanding as his mentors who know that making mistakes is part of becoming a doctor. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or NICU is where premature babies are saved or lost. Pediatric resident, Dr. Carmen Coombs must learn how to separate from the emotions that buffet each shift if she is to keep a balance in her life. Robyn Brandon needs a kidney and her husband Alan wants to give her one. But his kidney is not a match. Hopkins master surgeon Robert Montgomery engineers a bicoastal three-couple kidney swap that depends on everybody keeping their word.