When the call went out for every doctor and nurse at the Central London Hospital to report for special emergency duty at a serious railcrash, Richard Collingham was one of the first to attend. Amidst chaos and confusion he began to try and save the lives of the rail victims - until falling wreckage suddenly claimed him as one of the injured. Desperately ill, knowing his future as a surgeon was finished, Richard's will to live depended on the two women in his life - Libby, who had always loved him, and Victoria, the beautiful young nurse who was brought in to care for him...