Medical
Station:
Channel 5 (GB)
Status:
Running
Start:
2020-09-03
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Take a trip to the world's largest hospital devoted solely to treating elephants: the Elephant Hospital in Lampang, Northern Thailand, which cares for over 100 sick, injured or neglected animals each year. With unique access to the daily challenges faced by the vets and volunteers on site, this is a heart-warming series full of uplifting, extraordinary and unexpected stories – whether that's treating an elephant with cancer or fitting a prosthetic leg to one that has lost a limb after standing on a land mine.
There is no Next Episode of Elephant Hospital planned.
S2E2 - Episode 2
An elephant is brought into the hospital with the suspected deadly herpes virus, and Paul helps the vets to try and save his life by attempting a blood transfusion. Elsewhere, Kat helps one of the oldest female elephants as she is treated for an infected foot and cameras also follow the largest herd in the hospital swimming in the river.
Air Date: 14 Jun 2022 15:00 (CDT)
S2E3 - Episode 3
The vets check the heart health, dental health and gut health of their majestic patients, and a young bull elephant is rescued after breaking his leg in a violent thunderstorm. Later, laser technology is used to help save an elephant who has been brought into A&E with severe burns.
Air Date: 21 Jun 2022 15:00 (CDT)
S2E4 - Episode 4
The work of a Thailand hospital devoted solely to treating elephants. In the final episode, Kat gets her hands dirty with elephant dung and conservationist Paul O'Donoghue helps the vets treat an infected abscess.
Air Date: 28 Jun 2022 15:00 (CDT)