Medical Center Season 5

A critically ill scientist is determined to attend an important European conference, despite Gannon's warnings that the trip might kill her.

A staff doctor thinks a patient's baffling symptoms are the result of a voodoo curse.

An impoverished ventriloquist may lose custody of his orphaned nephew when the boy develops a serious heart condition.

An accused rapist may not live to see a fair trial. The victim's boyfriend has already beaten him severely, and is waiting to finish the job.

A young genius becomes the center of a custody battle between his critically ill mother and a wealthy, would-be benefactress.

Determined to save a critically ill patient, a surgeon is hiding his own serious malady from his colleagues.

While investigating conditions in a mental hospital, Gannon falls in love with an amnesiac whose blinding headaches have gone untreated by the staff.

A seriously ill surgeon tries to hide his condition long enough to perform lifesaving surgery on his ex-wife.

Gannon's patient needs a kidney transplant, and her only hope of a compatible donor is her father — a convict who is serving time for murder.

A proud man must decide whether to live with a dangerous illness, or submit to surgery which might cause impotence.

Sparks fly when Gannon and the newly-appointed chief of surgery begin to clash on medical opinions.

An arrogant young resident refuses to submit to authority.

A derelict fakes her way into the hospital for free room and board, unaware that she is suffering from a serious disease.

Gannon is receiving bloodcurdling murder threats that contain only one clue: the would-be killer is someone on the hospital staff.

Compulsive gambling is ruining the life of a once-fine surgeon.

An idealistic young resident falls in love with an ailing prostitute.

A wounded child from war-torn Northern Ireland baffles Gannon by showing no desire to get well.

A champion diver is ignoring an illness that could end her career.

Romance ends for Gannon when his girlfriend's husband, missing for six years in Vietnam, comes home to reclaim his wife and son.

The horror of crib death is explored in this story about a couple who lose their 4-month-old child.

A lesbian psychiatrist is plagued by prejudice against her life style.

Bent on proving his virility, an aging surgeon becomes involved with a young patient.

An emergency call to a mountain community leads Gannon to a patient guarded by mysterious, gun-toting townsfolk.

A young woman is stricken with hysterical paralysis after seeing her mother with a lover.