Long-serving Casualty character Robyn Miller was killed off on Saturday night's episode of the BBC medical drama. The episode picked up where last week's cliffhanger left off as the nurse was brought into Holby ED in a critical condition.
After a long wait to get Robyn to theatre, the surgeons were unable to save her. Holby veteran Charlie Fairhead, played by Derek Thompson, collapsed with grief when he saw Robyn's body and broke down when faced with her heartbroken family.
Viewers at home shared in the characters' grief, commending the programme's acting. Many took to Twitter, though, to say that the real tragedy was that the show's storyline portraying a cash-strapped, under-resourced and broken emergency department was reflective of the real-life situation in the NHS.
