The Last Breakthrough

Cardiologist WONGPO FUN returned to the Ling Shiu Hospital in 1996. He persuaded a tycoon Mr CHING to have laser surgery, which was the latest technology to stimulate the growth of new blood vessels. While FUN was performing the surgery, h…

HONG KIN needs a bone marrow transplant. KIU is sad after hearing the news. She loses her job when her boss mistakenly thinks she is not doing her work properly. FUN suspects that a young girl SIN was born without ovaries. SIN’s mother is …

HANG realises that he has accidentally swapped his rucksack with FUN’s. Luckily he meets CHING, a volunteer for Life Force, who brings him to see FUN in the clinic. HANG volunteers to inject vaccines for the villagers. CHING makes fun of h…

CHING complains that HANG acts like a big mummy’s boy. However, FUN admires him and says that he is like the old him. BRIAN, who is in charge of the administration, tells FUN that a tribe in southern Sudan did not show up for vaccine injec…

SHEUNG does not show up at the WONGPO’s home for dinner. HING is furious and breaks up with him. FUN tells her to stay calm. She says that SHEUNG has never tried to face their problem in the past nine years. He also does not care about her…

KIU returns the key ring to FUN at the Ling Shing Clinic. She swears to prove her ability and work ethic to him. HANG is pleased when his grandmother CHOW KUK comes back to Hong Kong from Canada. KWAN tells SHEUNG that a patient Mrs FOK ha…

HANG goes back home with some breakfast and apologises to SHEUNG and HING. The father and son forgive each other. KWAN’s daughter SIU YAU was born with a heart disorder. She is admitted to the Ling Shiu hospital with carditis. YAU thinks t…

HANG and SHEUNG argue over what technique they should use on KUK. Eventually, she opts for HANG’s suggestion. Something goes wrong during the operation, but HANG and SHEUNG work together to make it a success. Their marvellous performance i…

A woman SUKI has a pre-marital checkup at the Ling Shing Clinic. FUN discovers that she has ovarian cancer. He tries to find a song, of which he doesn’t know the title, for her. KIU helps him to look for it until midnight. She finds it and…

HANG explains to YAU that he is upset because of ALEX’s condition. They forgive each other again. HANG disapproves of SHEUNG for letting ALEX’s parent believe that a miracle could happen for money. He is surprised that FUN takes care of FU…

A woman from the Tolu tribe is confirmed as carrying HIV. Therefore, HANG and the other volunteers are keen to teach the locals about AIDS. SHEUNG interrogates HING about her relationship with BRIAN, which amuses her. SHEUNG and HING are s…

A group of Tolu comes to the medical centre to thank HANG for saving the girl. HANG and CHING are thrilled by the unexpected outcome. YAU finds that her necklace is gone when she is about to have a serious talk with CHING. CHING helps her …

The blood test results show that many women and children are HIV positive in Kenya. HANG distributes condoms to some local men, but they discard them. CHING is shocked to learn that HANG thinks the bracelet was from her and tries to explai…

HANG asks FUN why he did not try to persuade Mrs SHUM to have an abortion. FUN explains that he does not want her to regret it for the rest of her life. KIN wants to eat in a restaurant with his colleagues, and discards the lunchbox that h…

KIN and YUE are glad in thinking that KIU and FUN are dating after seeing her staying by him in the hospital. CHING advises FUN to cherish KIU and give up looking for TUNG’s killer for his own good. FUN knows that ZHENG loves KIU, so he en…

ZHENG brings some breakfast to KIU’s home and finds MAN wandering outside the flat. He encourages her to go in. MAN and KIU promise each other to face any problems, and make up. FUN becomes very quiet, which worries everyone. Mrs SHUM’s co…

An old man FOOK complains to CHING about HANG being unfriendly. CHING lies that HANG is occasionally deaf, much to HANG’s amusement. KIU encourages ZHENG to contact his sister LIN. He eventually writes her a letter. MAN and KWONG want to m…

The Life Force reaches the Dong Ting Village Medical Centre. Dr SHI, nurse HE LIN and a local doctor JIANG lead the team to visit the prevention centre and explain to them their progress in preventing pulmonary tuberculosis. A boy BO comes…

YI suffers from a stomach twinge. ZHENG carries him to the hospital. On the way, he apologises for his absence to YI. When YI wakes up, he tells ZHENG that he likes KIU and wishes him to pursue her. ZHENG is relieved to get his forgiveness…

BO’s condition has not improved. JIANG thinks that he has pneumonia. FUN suggests sending him to the hospital for a thorough check-up, but JIANG objects. CHING worries that YAU will give herself up. HANG refuses to give her false hope. Aft…

HING is pregnant. She fears that SHEUNG will be unhappy about it, so she does not tell him. SHEUNG is promoted to the hospital board and wants to celebrate with HING. However, he sees her having dinner with BRIAN and suspects that they are…

HANG is sent to assist at the scene of the accident. He blames FUN for ignoring his suggestion, thereby causing more casualties. FUN regrets it deeply. He tries to look for WING to turn him over to the police. FUN disappears. HANG thinks t…

In the rain, YAU searches for a phone neck-string that HANG gave her. She is exhausted and blacks out. SHEUNG suggests urgent heart surgery for her. YAU demands that HANG become her boyfriend in exchange for undergoing the surgery, but he …

After operating on YAU, SHEUNG is shocked to hear that HING has had a miscarriage. HING suppresses her own grief and tries to comfort him. She discovers that HANG has liver cancer. He asks her not to let SHEUNG know. YAU slowly recovers. C…

Before KIU sets off for Kenya, neither FUN nor KIU apologise to the other to save face. HING is shocked that the hospital has postponed buying an RFA machine in order to buy equipment for plastic surgery procedures. HING negotiates with SH…

HANG suffers from the treatment and wants to kill himself. YAU and SHUM ask CHING, who is in Kenya, for help. CHING is grieving for a child who died from liver failure. When she receives the news about HANG’s condition, she rushes back to …

A voluntary nurse SUSAN of the Life Force disapproves of how her husband’s family ignores women’s social position. Her husband’s sister-in-law suffered complications during labour. The villagers ignored her because they were busy chasing a…

FUN is excited to hear that KIU is pregnant and wants to marry her. The Lung Shing Clinic is closed down. Everybody goes their own way. FUN and KIU are glad to see ZHENG come back to Hong Kong to attend their wedding ceremony. They also re…

KIU is admitted to hospital with abdominal pain. She is diagnosed with ovarian cancer. FUN tries to comfort her by saying if she has regular checkups, she can stay pregnant. CHING and HANG start dating. They do not let YAU know in fear tha…

CHING finds out about HANG’s condition when she sees YAU looking worried. She prays with the others for HANG and KIU. ZHENG comes back to Hong Kong. He learns from KIU that FUN drinks to forget his worries every night. He tries to persuade…