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Hello! You are listening to a mini series 'Meditation on Med' where I talk about medical-related TV, film or book. In this part, I talk about a hit British TV show This Is Going to Hurt and an acclaimed TV-film Help.

Both works look at how Britain's health system functions under increasing stress. In This is Going to Hurt (03:26), we follow junior doctor Adam Kay's hectic life at labour wards during the year 2006. This is an ace TV production, tragicomedy at its best. I was utterly impressed by the ensemble: every small role shines and, for the leading actor, Ben Wishaw, needless to say, nailed the meanness and kindness of Adam beautifully.
The show also allows us to look behind the system, to have a peek into how the medical legal system works, the drastic difference between a private hospital and an NHS one, among others.
Major spoiler alert from 10:55 - 13:06
Really, you should have a look at this show: it is so good\uff01

Help (14:02), starring the amazing Jodie Comer, is a much chilling TV-film. It follows Jodie's character Sarah, a new care-taker at a Liverpool Care Home, during the first wave of Covid-19 in 2020. The unapologetically raw depiction of care home workers and residents living with scarce PPE during the pandemic is difficult to watch. But Jodie's performance is moving and powerful. The film also brings back memories of mine during early 2020. Truly an important film of this era.

In the next episode of this series, I'll dive into Dr Paul Kalanithi's memoir When Breath Becomes Air, another great piece of work on medicine, mortality, and the meaning of life.



References
This is Going to Hurt, dir. Lucy Forbes, 2022
Help, dir. Marc Munden, 2021
When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi, 2016
Covid: What happened to care homes early in the pandemic? BBC, 28 May 2011
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Music
Born to Cry by Pulp
2 Wicky by Hoover/Hooverphonic