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In a story reminiscent of RPA's most memorable patient - seven-year old Sylvia was severely burnt when she was a baby. Now, a chance discovery by an Australian speech therapist working in Kenya has bought her to RPA.

Twenty-six year old Erin arrives in RPA's Emergency Department in severe pain and struggling to breathe. Plus, a scan has uncovered a tumour on Cevat's spine that threatens to crush his spinal cord.

Thirty-five-year-old Shelly has been in hospital for three long months due to a series of strokes threatening to paralyse her. Ian, 81, arrives to RPA as a last resort after open-heart surgery to replace an aortic valve was aborted.

Twenty-six-year-old Roumi is concerned about a lump in her neck that has been growing rapidly, and Fiona comes to RPA in the hope of a normal life, suffering from debilitating vertigo and deafness in one ear.

A fishing trip lands Robert in some very hot water when he falls unconscious and has trouble breathing. And 35-year-old Graeme has a rare disease that is attacking bone in some parts of his body.

Erin's baby is not due for another five weeks, but because of complications, it will have to be delivered early. And catch-up with 23-year-old Julie, a flight attendant who endured gruelling radiotherapy to treat tumours on her brain.