Thu, Sep 26, 1963
After Alden General nurse Sarah Styles becomes secretly dependent upon narcotics, she does her best to conceal her addiction by stealing drugs from the hospital. Faced with possible exposure, Sarah's husband Lenny turns to street pusher Doc for his wife's fix by pretending he's the one with the problem.
Thu, Oct 17, 1963
Nurse Doris Kelly is assigned to the case of patient Arthur Luskin, a despondent man who has become partially paralyzed following a failed suicide attempt. Although Luskin will likely try to kill himself again, an indefatigable Nurse Kelly is determined to give him the will to live.
Thu, Oct 31, 1963
Felissa Arenas, a nurse from a small South American village, visits Alden General to study the latest advancements in medicine. However, she finds a great deal of waste in the American way of doing things and creates a serious problem by salvaging discarded medical implements for use in her own village.
Thu, Nov 14, 1963
Alden General patient Paul Marker has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. When his brother Ben consults with an out of state doctor who prescribes an unorthodox treatment regimen, the hospital refuses to comply because the requested drug isn't approved for use as a Hodgkins treatment.
Thu, Nov 28, 1963
As part of her public health training, Gail receives an eye-opening assignment with the troubled Fuentes family, who live in an impoverished city tenement. The ailing matriarch of the family is pregnant with her eleventh child, while her eldest daughter Helena is also pregnant, and son Damon an addict. To complicate matters, Gail finds hostility and resentment among those she's trying to serve.
Thu, Dec 12, 1963
Dr. Lowry experiences a crisis during his first surgical experience and is saved by head nurse Cleo Tanner, who takes a personal interest in his success. However, her devotion to him quickly turns to frightening vengeance when she develops romantic feelings for him, too, but is rejected for Gail.
Thu, Jan 9, 1964
Alden General's newly appointed priest Father Damien begins to doubt his vocation when his sensitive nature is unable to cope with all of the pain and suffering the hospital holds. He seeks solace from student nurse Sally Ellis, an equally sensitive sole, but their happiness is short lived.
Thu, Jan 16, 1964
Nurse Dory Spencer enters Alden General to give birth to her sixth child in eight years of marriage. With her husband Hap a perpetual failure at business and unable to support his growing family, Nurse Spencer makes the difficult decision of requesting surgery to prevent additional children.
Thu, Jan 23, 1964
Hypochondria and narcolepsy are the afflictions facing a young intern and a self-centered patient. After his roommate overdoses to stop the progression of chronic illness, Dr. Lowry develops unusual symptoms that he self-diagnoses as muscular dystrophy. Meanwhile patient Willa Stern is befallen with sudden attacks of sleeping.
Thu, Feb 6, 1964
Young street hood Ben is schooled by mentor Julio into faking an illness in order to get prescription pills they can sell on the street. When Ben attempts the trick at Alden General but fails at the hands of Nurse Thorpe, she seeks assistance from social worker Mr. Hudson. Although working toward the same goal, Thorpe and Hudson are soon at loggerheads over their approach to Ben.
Thu, Feb 13, 1964
After two decades of service, Elihu Kaminsky, an Army medical corpsman, changes careers by becoming a male nurse at Alden General. Although his skill and performance are excellent, Kaminsky faces disapproval from Dr. Dan Phillips and Nurse Thorpe when he requests duty in obstetrics.
Thu, Mar 12, 1964
A brilliant young doctor at Alden General becomes the subject of a hospital inquiry after rumors abound that he cheated on a medical school exam. The rumors against Dr. Harry Warren initially found cannot be proven, but then his wife Sheila has an attack of conscience and decides to reveal what she knows about her husband's past.
Thu, Mar 19, 1964
The Mannings, a well-intentioned couple raising a mentally challenged daughter, reject Nurse Thorpe's suggestion that Amy could be better served at a school for children with special needs. The school's pediatrician Dr. Kralik attempts to help the Mannings learn to trust medical professionals.
Thu, Apr 9, 1964
In the United States to consider an aircraft, the minister of defense of a new African nation is seriously injured during a test flight crash and sent to Alden General for treatment. A clash of cultures and prejudice against Americans ensues with chaos for Nurse Thorpe and other hospital staff.
Thu, Apr 23, 1964
Dr. David Wicker and employee Carey Sonnenberg develop a special friendship, with Wicker assuming an almost fatherly role for the girl. However, the relationship between the teenage Carey and middle aged Wicker is grossly misinterpreted and ugly gossip forces authoritative intervention.
Thu, May 21, 1964
Appalled that her terminal patient Arthur Devon will likely die alone, Nurse Thorpe disregards her usual objective nature and makes a concentrated effort to locate Devon's family. However, once she does, she soon realizes that there's a reason why Arthur Devon has lived a life apart from others.
Thu, May 28, 1964
Nurse Betty Anderson listens to elderly patient Fred Miller whose issues as a senior citizen take on a personal relevance to the aging caregiver. When Anderson decides to support Miller's advocacy for more programs to assist seniors, she finds herself caught between just watching on the sidelines and actively participating.