Among a number of patients consulting the doctors about their chronic pain issues are a 32-year-old single mum with a bowel problem caused by a surgical error, a woman whose symptoms include memory loss and painful swelling and a man suffering from ulcerated legs who uses clingfilm to keep his bedsheets clean.

Dr Kahn needs all his bedside manner skills to help a little girl with situs invertus, a condition that causes her internal organs to be reversed. Teenage mum Olivia brings along great-grandmother Linda, who is eager to make sure it doesn't happen again. Lisa suffered a stroke, but has yet to be offered physiotherapy.