Life on the line
Lindelani has to make a very personal life-saving decision.
It’s no secret that Lindelani (Mike Ndlangamandla) and his ex-fling Mbali’s (Nelisiwe Sibiya) brother-in-lawturned-husband Thabo
(Meshack Mavuso) have a lot of hatred and bad blood between them. Especially after Mbali, who realised her love for Thabo, decided to become a loyal wife to him and ended her affair with Lindelani. But will the two men be able to put their ego’s aside to save a life?
COMAS & CLASHES
The hospital team are stunned to see Lindelani and his daughter Lwandle (Lizwi Zenani Ndumo) being wheeled in in critical state after they were involved in a car accident. More shocking is that Lwandle has slipped into a coma and is now fighting for her life. “Lindelani goes crazy. Even though he is hurt, he is more worried about his child than himself as any parent would be. As his daughter is being taken away from him to the operating theatre, you can clearly see on his face how stressed and concerned he is,” says Mike.
In the midst of all of the chaos, Mbali is heartbroken by her former lover’s situation, but everyone is hit with another shocking revelation when Thabo announces that he will not operate on Lwandle as Lindelani adamantly puts his foot down that his enemy won’t touch his daughter. “Lindelani refuses because Thabo has a history of being an alcoholic and he doesn’t believe that Thabo can save his child,” explains the actor. “This situation reminds Lindelani of his past and the accident involving his wife and Thabo. This particular incident has made Lindelani not trust Thabo, especially when it comes to his family.”
PANIC STATIONS
With both Lindelani and Thabo’s pride in the way, Lwandle’s life hangs in the balance and inevitably, in the hands of Thabo, and there is nothing that Lindelani can do about it if he wants his child to survive. But things aren’t about to go smoothly, especially when the staff of Durban General are all sent into a state of panic while Lwandle is on the operating table. “Everyone is worried,” says the actor. “Lindelani is fearful that his daughter may not make it out of the operating room. He knows that anything can happen, and he can’t help but think that he may lose his child just as he’s lost his wife.”
Fortunately, the surgery is a success and Lwandle survives. Could this be the turning point for Lindelani and Thabo and see the surgeons put their differences aside? “Possibly…” is all that Mike is willing to say.
PREVIOUSLY
Paramedic Thembi was fired, Phumeza advised Sne to come clean with her pregnancy, and the Durban Gen team undertook a rare surgery.
IN THIS ISSUE
Calvin teaches the three sisterwives a very important lesson, and Mbali gets hurt by her friends’ jealously. Durban Gen gets two new patients as Lwandle and Lindelani are admitted into the hospital, Calvin and Fana have a discussion about the way forward with the three wives, and the other nurses don’t like seeing Nobuhle and Sne having lunch. Lindelani’s situation leaves Mbali heartbroken, Thabo refuses to operate on Lwandle, and Sne tries to prove to all the other nurses that she can be trusted. Mbali decides to put Lwandle before her career, Bhengu makes it rain, and Sne is in trouble yet again at the hospital.
Lindelani puts his foot down and refuses to let his rival Thabo be the surgeon to operate on his child, and the hospital interns face their exam. Nobuhle is seemingly a gone girl, and Lwandle’s life lies in the hands of Thabo, who is doubting his skills as a surgeon. Bra John has Nobuhle’s heart in his hands, and Bhengu takes things a little too easy with his exam preparation. The staff of Durban Gen are in a state of panic as one of their most important patients is on the brink of dying, and Bhengu is on a high after he sees the exam results at the hospital. Nobuhle flaunts her and Bra John’s new relationship for the whole hospital to see, and Thandekile finally receives the recognitions that she deserves.