The Last Breakthrough

1. E1. Episode 1

   Nov 15, 2004 · 45m

   Cardiologist WONGPO FUN returned to the Ling Shiu Hospital in 1996. He persuaded a tycoon Mr CHING to have laser surgery, which was the latest technology to stimulate the growth of new blood vessels. While FUN was performing the surgery, his girlfriend HA HIU TUNG, a gynaecologist who worked for an international voluntary organization, the “Life Force”, in Kenya, was delivering a baby for a woman who had malaria. Unfortunately, the woman died from the labour, which depressed TUNG. When TUNG came back to Hong Kong, she tried to persuade FUN to go to Kenya with her. FUN proposed to her with a specially made key ring. She dropped the ring and was killed by a car when she tried to find it back on the road. FUN was devastated. He kept his promise to TUNG and set off to Kenya as a volunteer. He took a huge risk by helping to deliver a baby. Eight years later, FUN has become a gynaecologist and sets up his own clinic, the “Lung Shing”.… ...

2. E2. Episode 2

   Nov 16, 2004 · 45m

   HONG KIN needs a bone marrow transplant. KIU is sad after hearing the news. She loses her job when her boss mistakenly thinks she is not doing her work properly. FUN suspects that a young girl SIN was born without ovaries. SIN’s mother is shocked by his diagnosis. KIU has a job interview at the Ling Shiu Hospital. An old man feels unwell when the lift suddenly stops. KIU takes good care of him, which impresses one of the directors of the hospital KO KWAN. He recommends hiring KIU to the head of the hospital CHAI KA SHEUNG. KIU is thrilled. SIN wants to jump from a building after learning that she has no ovaries. Luckily, FUN talks her out of it. FUN decides to go to Kenya again. For fear of annoying his father KIN, he asks his sister HING for help. Unexpectedly, she tells him that she is very upset by the fact that she cannot marry her boyfriend SHEUNG even though they have been dating for nine years.… ...

3. E3. Episode 3

   Nov 17, 2004 · 45m

   HANG realises that he has accidentally swapped his rucksack with FUN’s. Luckily he meets CHING, a volunteer for Life Force, who brings him to see FUN in the clinic. HANG volunteers to inject vaccines for the villagers. CHING makes fun of him for being very educated in theory, but lacking practical experience. HANG picks up a girl’s necklace and puts it on for her when he is out to take some pictures. However, his kind act brings him trouble. CHING lies to the villagers that she is HANG’s wife to settle the matter. A villager’s leg is blown off by a land mine, requiring immediate operation. Unfortunately, there is a shortage of anaesthetic, so FUN uses an alternative herbal remedy. FUN talks about how he sold his father for two dollars. His funny story reminds HANG how much he hates his father SHEUNG. A villager has a heart attack when he is over excited.… ...

4. E4. Episode 4

   Nov 18, 2004 · 45m

   CHING complains that HANG acts like a big mummy’s boy. However, FUN admires him and says that he is like the old him. BRIAN, who is in charge of the administration, tells FUN that a tribe in southern Sudan did not show up for vaccine injections. FUN and SUSAN take the vaccines to the tribe. They encounter some gun fights on the way. In order to persuade the tribal head to let him vaccinate all the children in the tribe, FUN drinks a glass of poisoned wine. The Ling Shing Clinic is shut down because its paediatrician TUNG CHI SUM has measles. SUM complains about the itch, which bothers MD HE ZHENG a lot. KIU uses some hot water to bathe SUM to relieve his itch. HING and SHEUNG meet some old classmates having dinner with their family. She tries to let him know that he should propose to her soon. However, he only buys her two air tickets to East Europe, which annoys her. A pregnant woman KUEN’s foetus is out of place.… ...

5. E5. Episode 5

   Nov 19, 2004 · 45m

   SHEUNG does not show up at the WONGPO’s home for dinner. HING is furious and breaks up with him. FUN tells her to stay calm. She says that SHEUNG has never tried to face their problem in the past nine years. He also does not care about her feelings, so she has to make a decision. A teenage girl HUNG cannot accept her pregnancy and tries to jump from a height to get rid of the baby. FUN and ZHENG try hard to persuade her out of it. FUN advises SHEUNG to face reality. He thinks that HANG is warm in heart and will accept him and HEUNG’s marriage. SHEUNG suddenly visits the WONGPOs and proposes to marry HING. KIN rejects him, but HING agrees to marry him after he apologises and proposes to her. HANG shows up at the wedding, which pleases SHEUNG and HING immensely. FUN knows that the head nurse CHEUNG YEE WAH is not impressed with KIU’s work performance.… ...

6. E6. Episode 6

   Nov 22, 2004 · 45m

   KIU returns the key ring to FUN at the Ling Shing Clinic. She swears to prove her ability and work ethic to him. HANG is pleased when his grandmother CHOW KUK comes back to Hong Kong from Canada. KWAN tells SHEUNG that a patient Mrs FOK has a heart disorder and he wants to transfer her to the Ling Shiu Hospital. He also wants HANG to be in charge of her case. HANG is delighted to see CHING, who is raising some money on the street. He brings a cheque to the Lung Shing Clinic the next day, which makes FUN realise that HANG likes CHING. Mrs CHIN’s foetus is placed too far forward, which might endanger her and her baby’s lives. FUN agrees to deliver her even though it is highly risky. KIU is thankful for FUN asking her to help in the surgery. Mrs FOK interrogates HANG about whether he is confident about the operation. She even brings up about his mother CHI’s death. HANG returns home feeling very depressed.… ...

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