Episode 1

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Episode 1 of 5

Duration: 29 minutes

Summit season is about to start at Everest Basecamp, and the doctors working at the highest hospital in the world gear up to deal with a constant stream of life-threatening emergencies.

With hundreds of climbers about to enter the death zone, it is only a matter of time before Everest claims its first casualties.

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Thu 11 Jun 2009 01:10 BBC One only on Northern Ireland

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Rob Sullivan

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