Nurse Rosa's friendship is tested when Kayo sides with a doctor who gives arrogant orders to the staff.

Dr. Wallach's pal undergoes a mild stroke on the tennis court but stubbornly maintains he's much too healthy to be confined in a hospital and misunderstandings abound with a Sri Lankan physician anxious to learn about American surgical procedures.

Kayo has difficulty dealing with the loss of her first patient on the operating table.