- Healing Hands
"Healing Hands" (妙手仁心) is a
1998 Hong Kong medical drama series that ran onTVB Jade . It focuses on the lives and loves of the doctors and nurses at the fictionalYan Oi Hospital inHong Kong . It is noted for its realism in depicting medical situations, thanks to the help of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, who had loaned actual hospital equipment and facilities for filming. It can be considered the Hong Kong equivalent to the Americantelevision series "ER", although its storyline are arguably mirrored in another American series, "Grey's Anatomy ". [cite web|url=http://www.spcnet.tv/forums/showthread.php?p=758419|title= Grey's Anatomy is a copy of TVB's Healing Hand?|author=LuNaR|date=2007-05-22 |accessdate=2007-12-08|publisher=Spcnet TV]Lawrence Ng is the main star of the show asneurosurgeon Dr. Paul Ching Chi Mei. The other main role is played byBowie Lam , who plays Dr. Henry Lai Kwok Chu as anaccident and emergency doctor who is best friends with Paul.The series was considered controversial within Hong Kong during its original run, as it dealt with sensitive issues such as
homosexuality andAIDS . This was regarded as one of the main factors as to why the Hospital Authority pulled its support after the series was aired.Fact|date=February 2007The show was followed by two sequels, "
Healing Hands II " (2000 ) and "Healing Hands III " (2005 ).Cast
Leading stars
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Lawrence Ng
*Ada Choi
*Bowie Lam
*Flora Chan
*Nick Cheung
*Steven Ma
*William So
*Astrid Chan Recurring stars
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Angela Tong
*Wong Tak Ban
*Cho Chung Guest stars
Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.spcnet.tv/TVB-Series/Healing-Hands-p180.html Healing Hands Reviews - www.spcnet.tv]
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