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Keeping Ireland Alive: The health service in a day on RTE One
UNIVERSITY Hosital Kerry is set to feature in episode 1 of the new RTE documentary series ‘Keeping Ireland Alive: The health service in a day’ later this month.
In making the five-part series, 75 camera crews were sent to locations nationwide and filming was carried out over a 24-hour period on May 31st this year. It airs on RTE One, Monday, August 29 at 9.35pm.
Crews were given access to all aspects of the health service, with the co-operation of the Health Service Executive, hospitals and community services throughout the country.
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Patients and staff generously allowed cameras to witness some of their most personal moments at the coalface of the Irish health service.
In Kerry University Hospital, cameras focused in on the maternity ward folloing midwife, Joanne Malik, as she helped mother, Shauna Corcoran, going through labour.
Over the course of filming, camera crews around the country captured the experiences of a diverse range of staff and a steady stream of patients as they accessed care that day.
From equine therapy for people with disabilities to public health nurses visiting rural bachelors through to major life-and-death surgeries, Keeping Ireland Alive: The health service in a day witnesses people’s everyday struggles and triumphs, first hand.
