The Hospital: In the Deep End

Melissa Leong MasterChef Judge
Costa Giorgiadis ABC presenter
Samuel Johnson from Secret Life of Us

News headlines constantly tell us our public health system and its workers are at breaking point. But what’s it really like to work on the hospital frontline? In this ground-breaking series three Australian icons with a unique connection to the health system go beyond the headlines to find out. These issues facing Australian hospitals are global issues that audiences will be able to relate to world over.
Food writer and TV host Melissa Leong, host of Gardening Australia Costa Giorgiadis and actor Samuel Johnson are thrown out of their comfort zones and onto the hospital’s frontline. Real and raw, emotional and enlightening, The Hospital: In the Deep End will have you seeing these icons and our public health system as you’ve never seen them before.
In this 3-part series Melissa, Sam and Costa are put to work for a week on the hospital frontline. They’ll find the answers they’re looking for, and so much more. From drug and alcohol treatment, heart transplants, mental health wards and brain surgery, nothing is off limits. They will experience up close what is normally off-limits, and the viewer will be along for the ride. They’ll meet hospital staff at their most capable and patients at their most vulnerable. The pressures are intense, the outcomes at times uncertain. The care factor is totally turned up high. Through our team’s experiences you’ll find out how healthy our public health system is, and what’s needed to keep our hospitals fighting fit well into the future.