Ops that just can't wait

WHEN you're lying nervously in a hospital bed ahead of surgery, the wait can feel never-ending.

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But what you don't see is the all-important 'emergency list' - a constantly changing priority order of unplanned, critical operations.

Tonight we witness this list in action at the Royal Blackburn Hos-pital, as theatre co-ordinator Nikki must decide who is seen first.