18th March 1994

Sarah Louise comes out of intensive care. Curly is stunned when Vera stands in for Ivy at Bettabuy. Ivy annoys Martin by hanging around the hospital all the time. Gail is concerned as the ward is short-staffed. Martin argues with Sister Radford about the lack of doctors visiting the ward. She warns Martin not to forget his place. He accuses her of having her priorities wrong, spending too much time on paperwork. Sarah wakes up to the Platts' delight. Percy advises Maud to stop fighting Maureen as she needs her. Audrey is furious as she isn't allowed to see Sarah as Ivy refuses to budge from her bedside. Martin apologises to Radford but she refuses to forget his outburst as his remarks were personal. Bernard and Emily return from the Yorkshire Dales. Mavis is stunned when Derek takes possession of a load of EnviroSphere products, and tells her that he's invested £2,000.