24 Hours in A&E

71 year old Mel is rushed to St George’s after being accidentally knocked down and run over by her husband John. Mel’s blood pressure drops critically low and doctors call a “Code Red,” putting her on standby for an emergency blood transfusion. John talks about how their forty-nine year marriage began when they met at Butlins in Skegness. He was a kitchen porter, she was a chalet maid, and he brought her the best food from the kitchen to rejuvenate her after a bout of food poisoning. Four year old Maddi is brought into A&E after falling over and injuring her neck on a train. Maddi was born with the bones in her neck fused together and her dad Adam has had to bring her in and out of hospital ever since. She recently had complex surgery to fit a metal plate in her neck. Doctors are concerned the plate may have shifted when she fell and caused damage to her spine. Throughout her time at St George’s, her bravery and positivity beyond her years shines through. 68 year old Bonnie arrives at St George’s after hitting her head on a bedside table. An accomplished American opera singer who has performed at the Carnegie Hall in New York, she married her husband Andrew within a month of meeting him and they’ve been together for eighteen years.