Erik volunteers in the polio ward as Anna uncovers a patient's embarrassing secret.

The male students face expulsion for carelessly cleaning equipment.

Susanne and Anna are at odds over how to treat a burn patient.

Susanne realizes she might have to leave the program and Erik ends up treating his own father.

After a month in the radium department, Marie finally returns to wing B exhausted - along with Bjørn, no less. But her happiness is short-lived, as Ms. Madsen intervenes to send Marie back to the radium department, where her health begins to deteriorate. Bjørn goes to extreme measures to help her. Birgit is ready to return to work as a stewardess, but things don't go according to plan. And Ruth feels passed over, while the Matron starts to question whether she made the right decision.

A Danish hospital in the 1950s embarks on a radical experiment: training men a nurses.

Else is put in charge of a young girl suffering from abdominal pain, and looks on in envy as the girl is showered with gifts from an American soldier. So when an opportunity presents itself, Else helps herself to the spoils. Dr. Friis' parents come for a visit, but leave both Dr. Friis and Lis feeling hurt. The Matron is in love with Klaus, but since he is still a patient, they can't spend any time together. Finally, Ole plans a surprise for Anna for her birthday

Anna has forgotten to inform her fellow students about the arrival of English nursing students at Fredenslund. Aksel becomes smitten with one of the English girls. Peter helps a visually impaired woman about to undergo surgery performed by the busy John. When Klaus is admitted again, Margrethe worries and urges the staff to find the cause of his symptoms. And in an effort to help Nina, John presents her with an even more difficult dilemma.