Watch The Surgery Ship, 8-part series
One Ship. Thousands of people suffering from life-threatening conditions, and a team of volunteer medics making life and death decisions.
A unique hospital ship offering lifesaving surgery sets sail to help Africa’s under-served poor. The crew have just ten months to do the impossible – to provide the surgical care people cannot get any other way. On board are a volunteer crew including doctors and nurses – headed straight for the biggest medical challenges of their lives. Ahead lie unbelievable illnesses, many the medics have never seen outside of textbooks. A dramatic journey is underway as they deal with life and death cases, and balance the future of patients in their hands.
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When to watch
Stay tuned for the next time The Surgery Ship 8-part series is scheduled on National Geographic on SKY channel 72
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EXPLORE THE Episodes
Learn more about the patients whose lives were changed, and the volunteers making a world of difference on board The Surgery Ship
The Power of Yes and No
Skin Deep
Sea Change
Gods and Monsters
Blood and Water
The Long Road Home
On the Frontline
Taking The Helm
ABOUT THE SERIES
The Surgery Ship is a story about the intense dilemmas faced by individual medics as they decide who they will help and who they will turn away, knowing that there is nowhere else for people to go. Despite these complicated issues, The Surgery Ship is also a story about the everyday heroism of both patients and the volunteers, and the human drive to rise above circumstances, to survive, and give the best of ourselves – even when there seems to be no end in sight.
GET INVOLVED
Be part of the Mercy Ships story – by becoming a volunteer or donating today.