Episode
Chicago Hope: Curing Cancer
Overview
Aaron consults Dr. Gina Simon, a pediatric neurosurgeon after being presented with a 9-week old baby suffering from seizures. Jeffrey Geiger returns to the hospital and promptly fires half the staff, whom then sue to get their jobs back.
Details
- Series
- Chicago Hope
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 1999-05-19
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Curing Cancer is Episode 24 in Season 5 of Chicago Hope. It aired on 1999-05-19. The runtime is 60 min.
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