
Big White Duel
- 2019 – 2022
- Ended
- Drama
- ~42m / ep
- 2 seasons
- 8.4/10
Healthcare reform in Hong Kong is a controversial topic. The government plans to privatize public hospitals and raise funds to maintain operations. Marshall Paxton, a leading public hospital, has become a pilot for reform. This drama focuses on the everyday workings of medical professionals and the politics behind the healthcare industry in Hong Kong.
Latest: Season 2 · 2022
View all seasonsWith CE Yeung Yat-to and Deputy CE Tong Ming at the helm of the leading public health institution Marshall Paxton Hospital, core departments, namely neurosurgery, CTS and A&E, are writing life-saving medical stories. The failed medical reform plan had not in any way frustrated Yat-to, who puts forward Comprehensive Opening Up of the Drug Formulary Bill with the aim of providing low-cost medications to rare disease patients. However, oncologist Ip Ching objects to his proposal, and she even goes against Yat-to as she is appointed as MarsPax CE. Meanwhile, former W.M.U. member Lee Man-shun joins the MarsPax team and collaborates with A&E Dr Zoe So, neurosurgeon Lui Oi-ling and other white knights in handling all kinds of critical situations.
E1. Episode 1
Jun 22, 2022 · 44m
Marshall Paxton Hospital CE Yeung Yat-to puts forward Opening Up of the Drug Formulary Bill in LegCo, and he has also invited tuberous sclerosis complex patient Chiu Yuen-lan to share her experience. But oncologist Ip Ching simply opposes the bill. Yuen-lan abruptly passes out. Dr Lee Man-shun has a traffic accident, and he and some public light bus driver are taken to MarsPax. Dr Lui Oi-ling forces her ex-boyfriend Man-shun to act as assistant surgeon. While Yat-to removes blood clots in the brain for Yuen-lan, her lung tumor abruptly ruptures and bleeds. Ip Ching comes forward to offer help. Yat-to is not sure whether Deputy CE Tong Ming and Ip Ching should perform collaborative surgery. Meanwhile, Oi-ling and Man-shun attempt to extract splinters from the cervical spine and repair some artery for the public light bus driver.
E2. Episode 2
Jun 23, 2022 · 44m
Issues keep cropping up after Yat-to arranged for Yuen-lan to attend LegCo. Dr Wan Ming-cheung, Chairman of MDA, persuades Yat-to to put the bill on the back burner. Tong Ming and Zoe So are reunited. Tong Ming then really wants to again bring up the topic of marriage with Zoe So. But Zoe So will only reconsider getting married after her girlfriend returns safely. Man-shun joins the MarsPax team and then promptly shows off his skills in A&E. But Oi-ling covertly feels uneasy. Ip Ching approaches Yat-to and claims seven Cluster CEs invariably oppose the bill. While Yat-to feels disheartened, Yuen-lan is in critical condition. Ip Ching braves the rain to look for Yuen-lan’s daughter in the hope that she could still have a chance to see her mother. On the pretext of something to do with Yuen-lan’s daughter, TNN Director Cheung Ting holds Yat-to accountable. Ip Ching approaches Tong Ming and claims she can help Yat-to overcome this hurdle.
E3. Episode 3
Jun 24, 2022 · 44m
Ip Ching thinks she can use Yat-to’s career prospects to force Tong Ming to submit. Tong Ming simply turns down Ip Ching’s offer. Yat-to asks Cheung Ting why she keeps picking on him. He also tells her even if he steps down, he will not let Ip Ching oversee prescriptions in relation to rare diseases. Ip Ching meets up with the Secretary for Health Chong Ho-bun, and she also wants to obtain some specific remedy for Yuen-lan’s daughter Fong Man. Some boy, who is Zoe So’s patient, probably suffers from food poisoning and has been feeling unwell. His body temperature abruptly surges during surgery. While Tong Ming goes with Yat-to to attend a disciplinary hearing, Zoe So promptly asks Man-shun for help. During the hearing, Tong Ming testifies for Yat-to. Ming-cheung tells Yat-to the hearing results, and he also declares Ip Ching is taking the helm of MarsPax.
E4. Episode 4
Jun 27, 2022 · 44m
Yat-to asks Ming-cheung why he lets him down. In return, Ming-cheung advises Yat-to to learn to adapt to circumstances. Tong Ming, Zoe So and their chums expect there will soon be some seismic change at MarsPax. A man with a stab wound to the chest is taken to hospital in critical condition. However, he refuses to undergo surgery and keeps bothering Tong Ming on the ward. Tong Ming finds out the truth and decides to save this guy. Violinist Wu Chi-kiu, who suffers from brain tumor, feels unwell during a performance. Ip Ching knows only Yat-to has the abilities to save Chi-kiu. While Ip Ching starts a new job at MarsPax, Tong Ming advises the consultants to hold a vote. Surprisingly, Yat-to is the one who readily agrees to Ip Ching taking the helm. Ip Ching instantly arranges for Chi-kiu to be transferred to MarsPax as her aim is to hopefully have Yat-to perform surgery on her.
E5. Episode 5
Jun 28, 2022 · 44m
Zoe So is delighted when she receives a report from the gynecologist. Oi-ling feels apprehensive as Ip Ching decides to assign the task of removing brain tumor for Chi-kiu to her. Yat-to meet up with Ho-bun and Ming-cheung, and he puts forward his terms for entering the operating theater for Chi-kiu. Ip Ching tells Tong Ming Yat-to’s proposal is simply nonsense, and she has some alternative plan. Oi-ling is relieved as Yat-to abruptly stands in for her as chief surgeon to perform surgery on Chi-kiu. During the operation, Yat-to and Ip Ching face the dilemma of removing the brain tumor or preserving musical performance ability. Zoe So notices some Pompe disease patient’s condition deteriorates. Zoe So simply feels helpless as their mother tearfully mentions she cannot afford the exorbitant medical costs. Ip Ching and Zoe So pass some city street in their car, and they notice someone plunges down a building.
E6. Episode 6
Jun 29, 2022 · 44m
Through Ho-bun’s introduction, Yat-to eventually manages to meet the Financial Secretary. However, Yat-to then finds out the two senior officials have some other plan. Armed with some heavy duty staple gun, some man hijacks a coach and stabs a passenger in the chest. Tong Ming, Man-shun and rookie Fan Wai-san rush to the scene to save the victims. But the suspect will not allow the hostages to be taken to hospital, so the trio resort to racing with death by performing emergency surgery on the hostages in the vehicle. Yat-to is certain Ming-cheung has betrayed him, so he then tells someone to investigate Ip Ching’s background. Tong Ming and his chums convince the staple gun-wielding man to surrender, and some victim is taken to MarsPax to undergo ventricular repair surgery. Wai-san again embarrasses herself due to hemophobia. Meanwhile, Yat-to eventually obtains information on Ip Ching’s background.
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