The Hospital: In the Deep End

Melissa, Costa and Samuel join the frontline at St Vincent's Hospital to discover how the public health system is coping with the trials of modern life.

Melissa, Costa and Samuel strive to find out how differently the health system treats public and private patients, taking on new tasks in St Vincent's Hospital.

Melissa, Costa and Samuel take on roles in St Vincent's Hospital's mental health, transplant and reconstructive surgery departments to see how they're handling today's pressures and what insights they can provide for the future of healthcare.

Three Australian icons step onto the frontline at two of the country's busiest public hospitals. Jelena works in the emergency department, Matt does a shift on the acute geriatric ward, and Ruby meets a patient about to undergo spinal surgery.

Jelena shadows domestic and family violence social workers in the ED. Ruby feels the pressures of caring for patients with life-threatening conditions the ICU. Matt joins the urology department to see the challenges of treating prostate cancer.

Jelena works alongside staff in the oncology unit and explores the treatment of lung cancer; Ruby works in the Aboriginal Healthcare Unit; Matt joins staff in the neurology department to learn about the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy.