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Content warning: This post includes discussion of suicide that may be distressing to some readers.
The Hospital: In the Deep End is the SBS show audiences are connecting with deeply at the moment.
Three Australian icons — actor Samuel Johnson, and TV presenters Melissa Leong and Costa Georgiadis — were thrown out of their comfort zones when they visited one of the country's busiest hospitals, St Vincent's Sydney.
Johnson has a strong personal connection to the public health system.
He's familiar with oncology wards, as a result of his sister Connie's battle with cancer.
He understands St Vincent's Alcohol and Drug service, already knowing what it's like to receive treatment for drug and alcohol issues — something he underwent years ago.
Most powerfully though, Johnson also visits the hospital's mental health unit. Speaking with Mamamia, Johnson says he knew this experience would likely bring his own battles with mental health to the surface, as well as those of his mother, who tragically died by suicide when he was just three years old.
Watch the trailer for The Hospital: In The Deep End. Post continues below.
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