Medisch Centrum West

- Season 4

(1991)

Medisch Centrum West has been forced to fuse with het PolderZiekenhuis, leading to a shortage of beds and a surplus of staff. Selma and Guus look set to lose their jobs. Sonja wants to operate again despite being HIV positive. Reini's estranged sister Vronie has been hospitalized. Nel is facing a divorce from Jaap, who want to emigrate to the States. Paul van der Voort seeks to reinstate Jan van der Wouden, who is currently working as a waiter, at MCW.

Vronie insists that Reini takes over part of the family printing business. Paul offers to finance a job for Jan at MCW. Sonja's case against MCW is going to court: she demands to be reinstated as a surgeon, or to receive a million guilders. Homeless Truus keeps sneaking back into the hospital, until the nurses finally decide to give her an unpaid job.

Paul manages to convince Victor to hire Jan if he puts up the money. But during his first week back, Jan's wife Eva is hit by a car right in front of MCW. Astrid's son Bobby is diagnosed with leukemia.

Jan might lose custody of his son Christiaan to his sister in law Miriam. Sonja's lawyer Bert Helenberg investigates the zero positive witness that his opponent Evertsen came up with. Astrid suspects her son's illness might have been caused by chemical waste.

The nurses station is burgled during the night watch. Marijke Rodenburg, who has been carrying a child for her sister and brother in law, gives birth prematurely. But when the child turns out to be sickly, her sister, who has managed to get pregnant herself, has second thoughts about the baby. Theo Dekker refuses to give up on his comatose wife or even to leave her side, even though everyone else thinks she will never recover.

Astrid wants to stop her son's treatments and take him home. Tessa begins to treat a burn victim. Against all hope, Gerda Dekker awakens from her 8 month coma. Leo Koning opens a fitness center called 'Bubbles' and asks Linda Koning to manage it.

Astrid has taken her son home to give him an unauthorized treatment. Petra wants to divorce burn victim Jack because of his adulterous ways. Truus is being bothered at work by an old friend.

Reini has had a car accident and ends up in MCW with a broken leg. Kees Keyzer, a paralyzed ex soldier wants to end his own life. Bobby's experimental treatment appears to be working.

Alberts is concerned about Brouwer's integrity. Dick is worried about Reini's drinking. Jacob refuses to disclose the ingredients of the experimental medicine he used on Bobby.

When Joy's half brother is brought in with a knife wound, Tessa and Ingrid immediately recognize him as one of the burglars that have recently had it in for MCW. While Victor and Liza grow closer together, her working relationship between her and Simon gets steadily worse.

Joy's half brother says he wants to go straight, but Tessa remains skeptical. The Commision reviews the working relationship between Simon and Liza. Alberts is setting a trap for Victor Brouwer and pressures Jan to provide evidence.

A baby has been stolen from the maternity ward and Nel decides to investigate Yvonne Wijland. Ingrid has convinced Jan to take a holiday to Aruba with her. Eric help Simon to clear his name and Maurice to catch Victor red handed.

Victor Brouwer has been thrown in jail on suspicion of murdering patients. But he claims to have done so only with their written permission and has Maurice Alberts arrested for encouraging the Harmsen family to set a trap. Jan and Ingrid decide to start living together following their holiday in Aruba. An aging patient who used to be a vaudeville performer is encouraged to perform at the hospital by a young roommate.