Emergency (1959 TV series) Emergency (1959 TV series) Emergency is an Australian television series produced by GTV-9 in 1959. The series was set in the busy casualty department of a major Melbourne hospital, and is notable for being one of the first-ever dramas shown on Australian television. Made by Melbourne's GTV-9 in co-operation with the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and based on Britain's "Emergency Ward 10", "Emergency" starred Brian James as Dr. Geoffrey Thompson, Syd Conabere as orderly George Rogers, and Judith Godden as Nurse Jill Adamson. Moira Carleton also featured as Matron Evans. The series was produced primarily in the GTV-9 studio, with brief
Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar (formerly known as "Longford-Westmeath Regional Hospital") is a public hospital located in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. It is managed by the Health Service Executive, and provides acute-care hospital services, including a 24-hour emergency department, for the population of County Westmeath and the Irish Midlands. In 2008, the hospital served 70,454 out-patients, and 18,951 in-patients, with an average stay of 3.0 nights. 69.0% of admissions were made via the accident and emergency department or 12,114 patients. In 2007, 35,767 patients presented to the emergency department. The hospital saw 6,851 day cases in the