Al Jazeera’s ‘The Cure’ medical series returns on Monday

Doha-based broadcaster, Al Jazeera, has announced its award-winning medical series ‘The Cure’ will return on 26 May, kicking off with new efforts to tackle drug resistant tuberculosis in Armenia, faecal transplants to save lives in Australia and patient hotels in Scandinavia 

It also announced upcoming series also explores facial reconstruction, robots for the elderly and affordable prosthetics in Myanmar.

"Al Jazeera’s innovative medical series ‘The Cure’ returns on 26 May, with medical reporters returning to explore the frontiers of world health, from cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs to advances in affordable healthcare for those who need it most," Al Jazeera said in a statement.

"The second series premieres at 22:30 GMT on 26 May, with a look at efforts to treat drug resistant tuberculosis in Armenia. Medical charity Doctors without Borders is in the country working to reduce infection by introducing the first new tuberculosis antibiotic to be developed in 40 years. In conjunction with the Armenian Ministry of Health, the charity is also using the latest molecular tests to quickly diagnose strains of TB that are resistant to the main antibiotics."

The premiere episode also explores Faecal Transplants (FMTs) in Australia, which studies have shown can have a 90-95% cure rate in curing life-threatening Clostridium difficile infections – a superbug often caught in hospital. Also known as a stool transplant, the treatment has doctors introducing healthy bacteria to crowd out the harmful bacteria and restore balance in the gut.

Finally, The Cure explores ‘Patient Hotels’ in Scandinavia, a partnership project between hotel chain SAS and Skane University Hospital, aimed at making hospital care more efficient and effective.

Future episodes explore the use of robots to assist the elderly, the use of 3D computer imaging techniques borrowed from the film industry to reconstruct faces damaged by cancer and the Thai-Myanmar clinic that creates prosthetics for landmine victims using innovative design techniques and durable, affordable materials.