Meet the staff at Charity Hospital as they treat a woman who had a serious foot infection that resulted in amputation, a 24-year-old woman who was stabbed defending her mother and a 9-year-old boy who was accidentally shot by his brother.

Meet the Chief Surgery Resident, Dr. Donna Tesi. Many of the patients treated in this hospital are victims of gunshots and stabbings. Learn how Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Tesi are able to deal with the extreme violence of the city.

Meet more of the staff as they treat a 15-year-old who was riding a three-wheeler through traffic and was struck by a truck, and a nine-year-old who was hit in the head by the metal A-Frame of a falling swing set. Both have life-threatening head injuries.

Meet two new staff members as they treat a 17-year-old man who was shot in front of his parents' home, and his 12 year old neighbor who was shot in the neck by a policeman during a search of an abandoned building down the street from the crime scene.

Get to know two new staff members as they treat a young boy with a life-threatening gunshot wound. After hours of surgery they manage to stabilize him. Later the boy takes a turn for the worse and the doctors rush him back to the OR for emergency surgery.