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
South Tipperary General Hospital South Tipperary General Hospital South Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel (formerly known as "Clonmel General Hospital" and St. Joseph's Hospital, Clonmel) is a public hospital located in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish Government's Health Service Executive and provides acute hospital services, including a 24-hour emergency department, for the population of County Tipperary and adjacent areas. In 2008, the hospital served 46,858 out-patients, and 13,208 in-patients, with an average stay of 5.9 nights. The hospital saw 4,499 day cases in the same year. In 2007, 71.7% of admissions (8,370 patients) were made via the accident and emergency