 A late-stage Motor Neurone Disease sufferer arrives on Darwin. It turns out that she has undergone brain stem treatment abroad to try and correct her MND. Surgeon Elliot Hope, whose wife is also a MND sufferer is impressed by the patient s story and informs Gina. Connie and Joseph are very skeptical on the brain stem treatment, however Elliot tries to persuade his wife to take the chance. In the end she agrees to go abroad to try brain stem treatment in a bid to control her MND. Elsewhere, it s Matt s first day as a qualified doctor on Keller. His first patient, Bridie, and elderly woman is brought in with a burnt leg and bruises are discovered on her body. After speculation from the staff that her grandson is hitting her, it is revealed that she infact falls regularly and is picked up by her grandson. She had fallen recently against a heater and this is the reason for her burnt leg. Unfortunalty on her way to theatre she collapses and Matt is called, but they are unable to save her and she dies by the lifts.