You won’t need laughing gas for this hospital saga! The goings on at the Hospital of the Sisters of Percy will have you in stitches. Matron Starchy and the chief surgeon, Sir Jerry Dunn, find that antiseptic is no antidote for passion; Nurse Trueheart and Doctor Reambo have a condition that cannot be treated medically; the resident psychiatrist is a Freudian delight and Doctor Khan would out-Indian Ghandi.

The patients in Ward Two are an interesting bunch: the snooty Hilary, the irrepressible Elsie, (a female Steptoe senior), the hyperchondriachal Myra and the amnesic Vera. Did Vera rob a bank? Has she really lost her memory? She doesn’t know – she can’t remember! Who is the spy sent to select recipients for awards to be presented on the glittering Medical Academy Awards night?

Having this much fun in a hospital cannot be good for the patients but it’s recommended therapy for an audience.