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Pulse

TV·2017–2017·ABC·Drama, Medical·1h·6.1·Created by Kris Wyld, Mel Hill, Michael Miller

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Frankie Bell, a transplant patient, became a doctor. Eight years after she is brought crashing to earth by chronic kidney failure she is in her second year as a practising doctor in a western Sydney Hospital. Driven to use her second chance to save others, Frankie must confront an ailing health system, and face her toughest challenge – learning to let go.

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Claire van der BoomClaire van der BoomFrankie BellAndrea DemetriadesAndrea DemetriadesLou TannisArka DasArka DasTabb PatelPallavi ShardaPallavi ShardaTanya KalchuriBlessing MokgohloaBlessing MokgohloaRowan MitriSusie PorterSusie PorterMaggie CutterDalip SondhiDalip SondhiRupert SteelePenny CookPenny CookCarol Little

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