The Good Karma Hospital - Season 1 (2017)

After splitting from her boyfriend junior doctor Ruby Walker seeks a new start away from England and answers an advert to work at the busy, under-funded Good Karma hospital in India, run by straight-talking Doctor Lydia Fonseca, along with elderly surgeon Ram Nair and the arrogant younger Gabriel Varna. Ruby wins her spurs dealing with a difficult pregnancy but is overwhelmed by the volume of patients, including Maggie Smart, who is in the country with husband Paul for their daughter's wedding and has a brain tumour. When the team fails to save two brothers brought in...

A muscular young man, totally nude and suffering from amnesia, is dragged from the sea and taken to the Good Karma hospital, where he gives no clues to his identity. Ultimately Lydia discovers his name and his secret and, helped by Ruby, makes him face up to his situation. Ruby also visits a village school to give the children their medicals and is asked by teacher Anton Karkik for a date, which she turns down, and to help pupil Vijay, who is withdrawn and under-sized for his age. This leads Ruby to a confrontation with his single mother and the discovery of an ...

A blast from the past for Dr. Fonesca reunites a father and son, but her diagnosis leads to more separation. An infant is put at risk through good intentions, but results in a situation where people in authority are unwilling to contemplate other options. AJ is caught up in his pretend doctor's life and finally sees the harm that he can do to innocent people who believe in him. Dr. Fonesca, Dr. Varma and Dr. Walker experience a Holi festival that serves as a reminder to consider the things in life that are truly important.