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Life Or Death

Season 1
Go behind extraordinary, real-life medical stories involving patient rescues where doctors are forced to make life and death decisions. And for these victims, time is not on their side.
20076 episodes
TV-PG
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Mystery Bug
    November 4, 2007
    43min
    TV-PG
    When the town of Walkerton, Ontario, is hit by a mysterious illness, hundreds are stricken by vomiting and diarrhea. When the public health investigation finally uncovers the the truth, their findings shock the nation.
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  2. S1 E2 - Hidden Killer
    November 6, 2007
    43min
    TV-PG
    When the congregation of the Lutheran church inundates local doctors, they are baffled as to the cause of this outbreak of stomach problems. When one of the patients dies, doctors must solve the mystery before more lives are lost.
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  3. S1 E3 - Brain Attack
    November 5, 2007
    44min
    TV-PG
    When 22-year-old Shelley Cushing collapses while skiing, doctors find nothing wrong with her and suspect a "complicated migraine." Suddenly she is fighting for her life as doctors struggle to figure out what's happened to this seemingly healthy woman.
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  4. S1 E4 - Nightmare in New York
    November 8, 2007
    44min
    TV-PG
    A couple visiting New York comes down with what they think is influenza, but when they seek medical help, the pair gives doctors the shock of their careers. Their mystery illness turns out to be something much more astonishing and dangerous.
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  5. S1 E5 - Battling to Breathe
    November 7, 2007
    44min
    TV-PG
    Eight-year-old Joshua Wooten is a real mystery. When his mom takes him to the ER after finding him collapsed on the floor, doctors discover his blood oxygen level is just half of what it should be, and yet he shows no obvious signs of disease.
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  6. S1 E6 - Torn Apart
    November 11, 2007
    44min
    TV-PG
    When 23-year-old Sebastian Hitzig is found collapsed with blood oozing from his nose and ears, doctors are faced with a number of deadly possibilities. But as they attempt to narrow these down, Sebastian begins to rapidly deteriorate.
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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Starring
Finbar Lynch
Studio
discovery plus Journeys
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