Mr Phillips

The unnamed Surgeon was specially called in to operate on Peter Barlow when The Joinery bar was rocked by an explosion trapping him inside. Nick Tilsley and Ashley Peacock managed to get him out but Ashley died in the attempt. Peter was taken to hospital where a Doctor told his family that he had internal bleeding in the membrane around his heart and that a specialist had been called for to undertake a risky and complex operation. Peter went into cardiac arrest but the Surgeon had arrived by this point and managed to revive him for the operation. He warned the Barlows though that although they were doing everything they could, the prognosis wasn’t good. Several hours later, Peter had survived the surgery but still faced some critical hours. The next day, the Surgeon reported to wife Leanne Barlow that their hopes were increasing but they wouldn’t know more until he was taken off the ventilator.

Four days later, the Surgeon told the now-conscious Peter that he had also suffered damage to his spine and that he would in effect have to learn to walk again. There was no reason why he shouldn’t recover but it would be a long and difficult process.

List of appearances

 * Episode 7488 (10th December 2010)
 * Episode 7489 (10th December 2010)
 * Episode 7490 (13th December 2010)
 * Episode 7493 (17th December 2010)