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Operation Live open heart surgery is delayed

Second live TV surgery special has been held over by Seven.

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Seven has advised the second of its two Operation: Live specials, featuring open heart surgery, has been delayed in Seven’s scheduling.

A real-time caesarean section birth will proceed this Sunday as scheduled, conducted by Dr Steven Tan from the Mater Hospital in Sydney. The 75 minute special is produced by ITV Studios Australia.

A date for the second special had not been announced but Seven sources confirmed to TV Tonight it will now be held over.

9pm Sunday on Seven.

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  1. If this was live, then can someone tell me
    1. Why did the time on the anesthetist watch say it was 1 o’clock? then 1.35 when the baby was being born?
    2. If Dr Tan was ready to make the incision, why would he wait for channel 7 to do 4 minutes of commercials?
    3. I just wish Melissa Doyle would shut up.

  2. I have had 3 C sections and I have never seen or shown how my kids were born, this is so exciting my daughter will see for the first time how she was born OMG

  3. I would rather women watched “One Born every Minute” than a live caesarean. That is the best show I have seen about the realities of birth and what it is really like (as opposed to the American fake version).

  5. Surgery has been shown on TV many, many times. It the Live element, trying to make drama out of will they die on the table for ratings, that is morally repugnant and I’m surprised that it is allowed. The extra stress this involved will not be good for the patient.

    1. Yes that is the bit that bothers me. Surgery fine, not to my taste I’m medically squeamish but Live TV anything is for the excitement, the immediacy, knowing “anything” can happen …and that feels wrong for showing live surgery. I suspect the heart surgery program will never happen.

      A C-Section on no doubt a incredibly healthy woman having an incredibly healthy pregnancy with a health baby and with an epidural rather than a GA (which is actually one of the higher risk parts of any surgery) probably has an incredibly low low risk of anything going wrong if shown live, but a heart surgery? I have my doubts it will ever screen.

  7. I don’t understand why channel 7 thinks viewers watching an operation is compelling TV. Also why do we want to see a caesarean birth too. Yick!

    1. I’m gonna watch them both. My son had open heart last year, it would be interesting to see what goes on. It’s not to everybody’s taste, but it will interest quite a few.

      1. DH also had one last year. It is too close to the bone for me to watch, but he is fascinated to watch. Works in operating theatres anyway, so he is no stranger to joint replacements which apparently are more confronting.

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