There are exciting times ahead for Holby City fans as a show favourite joins Casualty for a very special episode set to air this weekend.
The milestone episode, airing on Saturday, July 15 at 8.25 pm on BBC One, is a special standalone episode commemorating 75 years of the NHS — and as well as contributions from real-life medics, there is also a familiar face joining the Casualty cast.
Davood Ghadami will return to his role as Holby City heart surgeon Eli Ebrahimi this weekend when the Holby medical team do everything they can to save motorcyclist Amartya Das.
Helping Amartya from the first 999 call until he goes into surgery are fan favourites, Iain Dean, Jan Jenning, Teddy Gowan, Rash Masum, Dylan Keogh, Donna Jackson, Jodie Whyte and Ryan Firth.
But when a CT scan reveals that Amartya has life-or-death heart problems Stevie calls in Eli Ebrahimi who quickly mobilises a team to operate on Amartya… But will they be able to save him?
Fans will remember Davood Ghadami played Darwin Ward's consultant cardiothoracic surgeon from 2021 until the show came to an end last year.
Speaking of his character when he joined Holby, Davood told us: "He’s an incredibly talented cardiothoracic surgeon at the top of his game. He’s passionate about what he does and happiest in his workspace. It’s almost his entire focus.
"That can sometimes make him quite socially awkward! But he isn't someone that can be bullied and pushed around."
In this week's Casualty nurse Cam Mickelthwaite (Barney Walsh) prepares the body of a deceased patient on his own, so that the man’s shocked and heartbroken family can spend time with their loved one.
Meanwhile, Jodie Whyte is also having a bad day when she is attacked by patient Jade Morton (Zoe Molyneux) and we see another side to Ryan Firth (Eddie-Joe Robinson) when he keeps up the spirits of elderly patient Dorothy Bevan (Gillian Axtell, After Life), who is stuck on a trolley in a hospital corridor.
This Casualty episode is called How to Save a Life and will air on BBC One at 8.25 pm on Saturday, July 15, 2023.
