Hospital Central

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Hospital Central (Central Hospital) is a Spanish television series that follows the professional and personal lives of the personnel of the fictitious Hospital Central in Madrid. New episodes are shown by Telecinco network in Spain, and cable/satellite channel Factoría de Ficción reruns them a couple of weeks later. Another cable/satellite channel, AXN, reruns the old episodes. The series started on 2000 and it's still on air today, with its success going stronger. It is often said to be a Spanish version of ER.

1 Cast
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[edit] Cast

[edit] Current Cast

Dr. Rodolfo Vilches (Jordi Rebellón), ER doctor. Widower with a teenaged son and lots of attitude. He later adopts a conflictive boy. Recently survived being operated from a brain tumor. Currently living with Cruz, who just got pregnant with his child.
Dr. Javier Sotomayor (Antonio Zabálburu), ER doctor, orthopedic surgeon. After dating Leonor and Laura, finally married to an old childhood friend, Belén, but he's already regretting it, since he's still in love with Laura. He kissed her, but his wife is now pregnant.
Nurse Esther Garcia (Fátima Baeza), ER service nurse, later Head Nurse. She had very bad luck in the romance department (always choosing the most inappropriate men) until Maca appeared in her life.
Isidro "Rusti" Galvez (Ángel Pardo). He started working in ER as an orderly, but later became a nursing assistant. He had a crush on Esther for a long time, but finally got over it and married Queca.
Teresa Montoro (Marisol Rolandi), gossiping Admitting Clerk.
Diego Peláez (Angel Rouco), SAMUR EMT.
Dr. Laura Llanos (Diana Palazón, Season 3 - present), ER doctor. Dated and lived with Javier for a while, until she became involved with Aimé, but that relationship fell through soon. She still loves Javier.
Dr. Manuel Aimé (Nacho Fresneda, Season 4 - present), ER Head of Service. Divorced with a young daughter, he resigned his position due to disagreements with the hospital director, Dr. Davila.
Nurse/Dr. Eva Méndez (Alicia Bogo, Season 4 - present), SAMUR (EMT) Nurse who later got a degree in medicine. Had an affair with Fran while she was dating his brother Nacho. The relationship did not survive the distance after he left.
Dr. Héctor Martínez (Roberto Drago, Season 6 - present), an ER doctor from Argentina.
Dr. Antonio Davila (Lluis Marco, Season 6 - present), surgeon, later hospital director. Lived with Elisa for a while.
Dra. Cruz Gándara (Alicia Borrachero, Season 7 - present), Head of Surgery and later ER Head of Service. Divorced with one daughter, she lost another son to a long illness. She's currently living with Vilches and she just gotten pregnant with his child.
Dr. Macarena "Maca" Wilson Fernandez (Patricia Vico, Season 8 - present), a lesbian ER pediatrician sentimentally involved with Esther, whom she just asked to marry her.
Dr. Rober (Marco de Paula, Season 9 - present), SAMUR (EMT) doctor.
Carlos Granado (Jesús Olmedo, Season 9 - present), a social worker attracted to Laura.
Nurse Begoña (Mercé Llorens, Season 9 - present), a fresh out-of-college but very ambitious nurse.

[edit] Departed Cast

Dr. Santiago Bernal (Sergi Mateu, Seasons 1-6), ER Head of Service and later hospital director. Left over disagreements with the hospital's administration.
Nurse Elisa Sánchez (María Casal, Seasons 1-8), ER Head Nurse. Santiago's ex-wife, they have a son. She lived with Davila for a while.
Dr. Andrea Valverde (Rosa Mariscal, Seasons 1-6), ER pediatrician. She had an affair with a married doctor in between a stormy relationship with Vilches. She was pregnant from him when she left.
Dr. Mario Quiroga (Jesús Cabrero, Seasons 1-3), SAMUR doctor killed by the head of a sect while trying to save Diana from him.
Dr. Cecilia Schuman (Lola Casamayor, Seasons 1-2), an , ER doctor originally from Argentina. Died while being operated of a brain tumor.
Dr. Susana Cortés (Chusa Barbero, Season 1), ER doctor.
Nurse Leonor (Diana Lázaro, Seasons 1-2). Dated Javier for a while.
Nurse Diana Dueñas (Reyes Moleres, Seasons 1-4), SAMUR Nurse. Got sucked into a sect, last seen in rehabilitation.
Nurse Asunción (Ana Frau, Season 1)
Dr. Marta Vidal (Carmen Arbex, Season 2), ER doctor, niece of then hospital director, Dr. Ferreira.
Dr. Paula Herrero (Lola Marceli, Season 2), ER Psychiatrist. She used to be a neurosurgeon until she lost a patient in the operating room and changed specialities.
Dr. Ana Ortiz (Paulina Gálvez, Season 3), ER doctor.
Dr. Francisco "Fran" Crespo (Armando del Río, Seasons 4 -8), ER doctor who soon became the new SAMUR doctor, left to work with Doctors Without Borders. Had an affair with Eva for a while.
Dr. Cristina Laguna (Amaia Lizarralde, Seasons 3-7), ER Psychiatrist. A single mother who lived with Santiago until she cheated on him. Killed in a lab explosion.

[edit] Recurring cast

Lucas (Arturo Arribas), SAMUR doctor.
Alejandro Vilches (Kirian Sánchez), Dr. Vilches teenaged son. Suffered a grave depresion after his best friend died, and tried to kill himself by jumping out his window, but has since recovered.
Dr. Bernardo Ferreira (Miguel Nieto, seasons 1-3, special appearance in season 4), hospital director. He left after suffering a heart attack.
Dr. Miguel Seró (Ricard Rodriguez, seasons 2-4), a married pediatrician who had an affair with Andrea but ultimately returned to his wife and daughter.
Nurse Marcelina "Queca" Martinez (Pepa Roldán), an ER nurse who later married Rusti. She left on maternity leave after the birth of their daughter but has not yet returned.
Dr. Manolo Hervas (Ferrán Rañé, season 3), a senior Psychiatrist who sexually harassed Cristina and left the hospital when Santiago confronted him.
Gonzalo (Juli Fàbregas, season 3), the leader of a dangerous sect disguissed as a social worker, he managed to suck Diana in and killed Mario when he stopped his sect's mass suicide ritual. He finally killed himself.
Mª Angeles Cabrera (Sílvia Sabaté, season 4-present), Dr. Aimé's ex-wife and mother of his daughter. She's an alcoholic who recently got into an abusive relationship.
Nacho Crespo (Aure Sánchez, seasons 4-6), Fran's brother. A graphic designer and illustrator who also was an ex-drug addict with a form of epilepsy. He fell in love with Eva and started dating her, until he found out she was cheating on him with his own brother Fran.
Germán Prada (Fernando Guillén, seasons ??-??), the hospital administrator. He had no qualms in doing what necessary to keep the status quo, and was Santiago's fiercest opponent.
Nurse Miriam Canalda (Leticia Dolera, season 7), an ER nurse and Dr. Davila's niece. She was a cocaine addict who finally agreed to rehabilitate.
Guillermo (Luis Castro, season 7-present), a conflictive, street-raised teenage boy who got adopted by Dr. Vilches and has since found a family with him and his new brother Alejandro. He's obsessed with Candela.
Candela (Clara Lago, season 7-present), Cruz's teenaged daughter. She stayed with her mother after her parents divorced. She has no problem with her mother dating Vilches or with Vilches' son Alejandro, but she can't stand his adopted son's Guillermo attitude towards her.
Daniel "D.J." Alonso (Eloy Azorín, season 8), a medicine student who had a drunken one-night with Cruz and fell in love with her, but she refused his advances. He finally left medicine to follow his dream to become a disc-jockey in Ibiza.
Gabriela Davila (Marta Solaz, season 8-present), Dr. Davila's daughter who got diagnosed with cancer, but survived. During the treatment, she started a relationship with Hector.
Belén (Eva Marciel, season 8-present), Javier's wife. She's very much in love with him and recently got pregnant.