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Hospital Live

Hospital Live presenters Philip Boucher Hayes and Anna Daly Image Name: Hospital Live presenters Philip Boucher Hayes and Anna Daly
Hospital Live presenters Philip Boucher Hayes and Anna Daly Image Name: Hospital Live presenters Philip Boucher Hayes and Anna Daly
Hospital Live presenter Anna Daly Image Name: Hospital Live presenter Anna Daly

Hospital Live, going behind the headlines to meet the patients, health workers and innovators at the cutting edge of Irish medical science…

The programme will air across three days May 24th, 25th and 26th May at 1900 on RTÉ One… it is an ambitious and timely exploration, and illumination of the lives of the staff, patients and medical innovators on the frontline of Irish medicine. We will go behind the headlines of a system that’s been under incredible pressure over the last two years – but that remains a system we all rely upon. We will meet the people who, despite huge challenges and frustrations, save lives and perform miracles, big and small.

Broadcasting from a purpose-built set on the exterior grounds of St James’ Hospital in Dublin, our presenters, Philip Boucher-Hayes and Anna Daly, will meet the nurses, doctors, porters, patients and the innovators at the cutting edge of Irish medical science. Cameras will bring stories from hospitals and medical centres from right around the country – some presented live and some pre-recorded as films.

The series will also feature cutting edge medical science research. We’ll talk to the next generation of medical inventors hoping to make Ireland a world leader in medical science breakthroughs.

We will paint a picture of future healthcare not just in Ireland but for the human race. Stories, with some very personal testimony, will feature searches for cures, rehabilitative treatments and preventive measures that may prevent people from getting ill in the first place.

As a live event we will also champion public service campaigns – calls for more people to donate blood platelets used for life-saving cancer and leukaemia treatment, burns victims and critically ill babies. These campaigns will form a narrative of their own – with the public being encouraged to sign up. They will be seeded via very personal stories where lives have been saved through such interventions. Progress will be reported in each episode. 

Hospital Live is an engaging and ambitious look into future health from a medical science point of view, told through very human stories.