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Season 8: Episode 7

Premiere date: May 12, 2019

Learn why Mother Mildred decides it’s time for Sister Frances to attend her first solo birth. Trixie consoles a patient who discovers she has gonorrhea. Sister Monica Joan follows Great Britain’s Olympic hopes.

Season 8: Episode 7

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The Call Comes for Sister Frances

A nervous Sister Frances heads out for her first solo baby delivery.

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