Episode One – “The Next Few Hours Are Critical”
Seven year-old Mendy Bachar is admitted in the ICU, sedated, on a respirator after sustaining a serious head injury in a traffic accident. His parents, fearing for his life, are in the waiting room. “The next few hours will be critical”, explains Dr. Amir Vardi, a senior physician. “He has sustained a serious head injury and his life is in danger.”
In Cyprus, Andreas Miltiadou waits for a new heart that will save his life. He will be living on borrowed time until a donor is found. One night,
Professor Jay Lavee, Director of the Heart Transplant Unit in the Sheba Medical Centeris informed that an organ donor died in a traffic accident in Cyprus. He leaves in the dead of night to harvest the heart. If the transplant operation is carried out successfully in Israel within five hours, Andreas will have a new lease on life.
Will Mendy, who sustained a severe head injury, survive the difficult 48 hours?
Will the race against time succeed in saving Andreas’ life?
