As if neurosurgery weren't dramatic enough.
Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa is in the middle of removing a tumor from his patient's brain. Someone bumps into a piece of equipment. For a moment, it's unclear whether the sudden movement has harmed the man on the operating table.
And it's all caught on tape, as part of a new six-part series produced by ABC News.
"Hopkins," a follow-up to the acclaimed "Hopkins 24/7" from 2000, takes viewers inside the renowned hospital in Baltimore.
Johns Hopkins Hospital officials said after the mostly positive feedback they received after the first documentary, they had few reservations about opening their corridors for a second time.
Executive producer Terence Wrong, who also produced the first series, said he wanted to revisit Hopkins because of changes that had taken place since the first series, such as more women and international staff members, in addition to improved technology.
One of the biggest changes in the new series, he said, is the stronger focus on the doctors' stories. Among the vignettes, Quiñones-Hinojosa discusses how he entered the country illegally, beginning as a fruit picker and becoming a sought-after physician.
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