Neighbours airs some emotional hospital scenes next week as Remi Varga-Murphy fears for the life of her beloved wife Cara.
Cara’s life hangs in the balance following a troubling accident in the Lassiters complex – with Holly Hoyland once again at the centre of life-or-death chaos.
In tense scenes, Cara skips over some important safety precautions while carrying out repair work at the hotel. Holly then fails to secure a porter’s trolley while on a night shift nearby.
The trolley rams into the ladder that Cara is working on top of, causing her to fall hard on top of some jagged guttering.
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Cara is rushed to hospital, which coincides with Remi being on shift. Remi can’t believe her eyes as Cara’s pulse starts to fade and she realises that Cara may be bleeding out.
In follow-on scenes next week, Remi takes control of the situation by ordering her colleagues to get Cara into surgery as quickly as possible to stop the internal bleeding.
Remi’s colleague Stevie encourages her not to attend surgery herself, arguing that she shouldn’t have to witness a loved one being in such a bad way.
After an anxious wait for news, Remi is relieved to discover that Cara is stable following her surgery. However, when Stevie adds that Cara flatlined at one point in the operating theatre, it’s a haunting reminder of how close Remi came to losing her.
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The next morning, Remi continues to jump to worst-case conclusions when Cara briefly regains consciousness but appears to be in a catatonic state.
Remi speculates that Cara could have brain damage, but Stevie reminds her that there are other possibilities to explain it.
Sure enough, Cara regains consciousness for a second time and soon makes a quip that it’s in her typical style. Is she already on the road to recovery?
Meanwhile, Holly gives herself a hard time over the incident as she struggles with her guilt.
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Holly’s boss Krista Sinclair and friend Sadie Rodwell insist that Cara’s fall was nothing more than a freak accident, but Holly kicks herself for once again sparking problems in Erinsborough.
With her involvement in Heath Royce’s death still playing on her mind, will Holly be able to move on from this latest setback?
Neighbours airs these scenes on Monday, November 18.
