Hospital Central

- Season 20

(2012)

Vilches returns to the hospital six months later to discover that there have been many changes. The first one is that the woman he met on a plane the day before and spent the night with, Manuela, is now the director, and part of the clinic is now private. Héctor is still in prison and needs Alicia to get a work contract for him so he can be free. Gimeno and Claudia have split; she's living in Santiago and the relationship isn't good, but he doesn't want anybody in the hospital to know. Raquel is the new boss of Urgencias and Javier is abroad. A new resident called ...

Javier, who was working as a doctor in the Third World, returns to Spain because he is very ill, so Vilches and Raquel try to find out what the cause is. Guille is working in the private part of the hospital because he wants to earn money in order to leave Vilches' house.

Héctor is out of prison and rejoins the hospital, but can't work at the same time as Alicia; moreover, the couple begin receiving threats. Javier, who continues to have health problems, is still in love with Raquel, while she is very involved with the firefighter she met several weeks earlier. Gimeno tries to accept his split with Claudia and goes to a class reunion, while Vilches travels to Salamanca, where there is a medicine congress. He must get a new machine that is very important for the hospital, and Manuela is very interested in it. Ariadna is not comfortable ...

Pablo, an old friend of Vilches and Javier, wakes up after 8 years in a coma; he has a son he doesn't know and his former wife is now with another man. Héctor and Alicia receive threats from people who were in prison with the doctor and they plan to escape. Gimeno finally confesses that he broke up with Claudia 5 months earlier. Valeria returns to the hospital and regains her position as Urgencias' director from Raquel, who is worried about Alejandro and feels very attracted to him.

Alejandro has recovered and asks Raquel to marry him, but she is not sure because they've just met and don't know each other very well although they feel a strong attraction. Ari doesn't talk with Guillermo after having sex with him and he notices that she is very lonely, while Gimeno tries to get over his split with Claudia and look for a new partner. Gorka likes Julia very much, but she doesn't want to be one more girl on the nurse's list of lovers. Alicia hasn't heard any news about Héctor and is very sad and nervous. Manuela tries to get Vilches' help in making ...

Vilches doesn't want Guillermo to know about his relationship with Manuela, whose husband is moving to Romania and wants the divorce; their daughter has health problems and Valerina attends her in the hospital. Raquel have doubts about her possible wedding with Alejandro, and Javier encourages her to go through with it, thinking that she will be happy with him. A new Colombian doctor arrives in the hospital and must work with Javier.

Vilches attends his neighbor, a woman who isn't able to step outside of her head after suffering a rape a long time ago. Vilches also continues his relationship with Manuela, which his son Guille doesn't accept. Ariadna's sister is in town and want to speak to her, but she avoids her; Javier and Elisabeth have different opinions about cosmetic surgery; and Gorka misses Julia.

Manuela and Ari suffer a car accident. Vilches goes to his granddaughter's school to teach the children some things about medicine. Valeria is obstinate with the baby who was born in the hospital and whose mother died. Raquel is very implicated with two patients who make her value her relationship with Alejandro even more.

Manuela asks Vilches for help with a special patient: her best friend, who suffers heart problems and whose life is in serious risk. Gimeno's dinner date with a woman finishes with a fire at the restaurant; when Raquel finds out about the fire and can't contact Álex--who's back at work after his illness--she becomes very worried about him. Alicia also returns to work, but she wants a 6-month break to think about her life without. Héctor. Elisabeth operates on an old woman who wants bigger breasts, which results in psychological problems.

Alicia surprises Vilches and Manuela kissing and everybody in the hospital finds out about their relationship. This is bad for Vilches, especially when Manuela reveals that the hospital will be privatized. Valeria discovers that Araceli has Alzheimer's, so she isn't able to take care of her granddaughter. Eli will soon return to Miami, and Javier, who likes her, asks the doctor to postpone her trip and stay in Spain. Gorka spends a night with a mysterious girl, a friend of a patient who is being attending in the Central. Javier suggests to Raquel a cooperation trip to...

Manuela tries to find out the workers' ideas for the future after the privatization of the Central, while her relationship with Vilches is affected by this fact. After Camino's death, Gorka tries to help her friend Nerea and involves Alicia in the problem. Raquel accepts the offer to go to Cambodia, while Álex doesn't want her to know that his leukemia has relapsed. Eli and Javier are together, but he doesn't know how close she is to her last day at the hospital. Valeria begins the steps to adopt Araceli's granddaughter after discovering that the woman suffers from ...

Álex feels very unwell and convinces Raquel to go to Cambodia for going to the hospital in her absence and being treated; Javier attends him but can't prevent his death. Ari knows the name of her biological mother but doesn't want to meet her alone, so asks Guille to do it, but he is upset because she didn't go to Asturias with him. Manuela has decided to leave the hospital, but the director of the Marquinas foundation wants her to continue in her place.

Alejandro has died and Javier doesn't know what to do, but finally decides not to tell Raquel; also, a woman who says that Alejandro is the father of her son appears at the hospital. Valeria discovers that the baby she wanted to adopt has a father who wants to take care of her. Gorka is so obsessed with Camino's death that his work is affected, including Guille's operation; he makes a mistake and brings Guille to the brink of death.

Raquel returns to Spain hoping to meet Alejandro at the airport, but Javier is there and gives her the terrible news of her husband's death. Guillermo tries to recover the mobility in his leg but it isn't easy and he is disappointed. Ari's biological mother is in the hospital and she doesn't know whether or not to tell her the truth. Gorka asks Julia for help because he's obsessed with Camino's death and all his time with her. Vilches and Manuela think about living together in another place far from the Central.

Raquel is unsure whether or not she should continue her pregnancy. Guillermo is in love with Ariadna, but her former lover, who is also an old friend of Manuela's, is in the hospital. Alicia wants to find Héctor with the services of a detective.

Gimeno introduces Lucy to Lai, who announces that she must return to her country with her family. Guillermo is now working int he reception of the hospital as Julia's substitute. She admits that she feels something for Gorka but doesn't want to hurt her boyfriend. Manuela finds out that Ariadna is in a relationship with Adolfo and plans to move to Boston with him. The detective that Alicia hired has located Héctor.

Alna, the policewoman whose husband died in the hospital, wants to know who is responsible for it and appears in Urgencias with a gun. Ariadna has decided to move to Boston with Adolfo but still has some doubts, while Julia and Gorka begin a relationship and Alicia plans to rejoin Héctor. Raquel feels alone in her pregnancy but counts on Javier's support. Gimeno doesn't want Lai to move to China and Valeria recognizes that she is in love with Emilio.