Katya is shot while struggling with Guy for control of her gun. Guy flees the scene with the bag of money, happy to leave Katya mortally wounded. But Katya’s fortuitously discovered and flown to Erinsborough Hospital for emergency surgery. Susan, Rachel, Zeke, Karl and Ned are devastated by the news; and Susan’s privately wary that spectres from Katya’s past have resurfaced. Meanwhile Guy discovers that Katya double-crossed him and returned to claim what’s rightfully his…There’s stalemate at Number Thirty in the wake of Pepper and Frazer’s ‘break-up’. Will sides with Frazer, and Rosie predictably stands in Pepper’s corner, leaving hapless Ned in the middle. After both camps aggressively put their cases forward, Ned’s still unable to decide – all he does know is that someone has to go. He proposes a secret ballot will determine who stays and who packs their bags.In the aftermath of his mistake with baby Kerry’s paternity – and aided by Janelle’s public hounding – patients are deserting poor Karl in droves. Determined to show her support, Rachel cooks up a scheme to put the smile back on Karl’s dial and – in a significant step – invites Karl to go from ‘mate’ to step-parent in her life.

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