The WORST episodes of The Good Karma Hospital

Every episode of The Good Karma Hospital ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Good Karma Hospital!

Doctor Ruby Walker arrives in India looking for a job and a distraction from her heartbreak. She anticipates the sunshine and picture-perfect beaches, but not the realities of work at an under-resourced hospital.

Last Updated: 8/26/2024Network: ITV1Status: Ended

7.52

46 votes

#1 - Episode 3

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/6/2022

The happy news that Karishma is awake is offset by her loneliness. Samir realises she needs more than medicine to fix her and arranges a little magic. Meanwhile Lydia discovers there's only one answer to Greg's visa problem.

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7.56

182 votes

#2 - Episode 4

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/26/2017

On the day that he is attending a lavish Indian wedding, Ram clashes with Lydia when a medical case becomes personal. As Ruby treats a patient from the UK whose story does not quite add up, she is left questioning where she truly belongs.

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7.60

214 votes

#3 - Episode 2

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/2017

The full moon spells trouble when a mystery Adonis washes up on the shore. As the team race against the clock to treat a local snake catcher whose luck may finally have run out, tensions mount when new girl Ruby questions Gabriel's professional conduct.

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7.63

256 votes

#4 - Episode 1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/5/2017

Heartbroken and disillusioned, junior doctor Ruby Walker ditches her life in the UK for a fresh start, but when she arrives at the Good Karma Hospital, nothing is quite what she expected - not least her eccentric new boss.

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7.69

215 votes

#5 - Episode 3

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/19/2017

As Holi festival fever hits the Good Karma Hospital, an abandoned baby strikes a personal chord with Ruby. Lydia is reacquainted with an ageing ex-pat artist, whose alternative life choices may be about to catch up with him.

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7.70

40 votes

#6 - Episode 2

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/30/2022

Ruby faces difficult questions when her actions have devastating consequences, while Greg keeps a troubling secret from Lydia and the hospital welcomes a new doctor.

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7.76

66 votes

#7 - Episode 4

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/5/2020

AJ returns to the hospital keen to impress, Aisha and Lydia come to blows managing Jyoti's case and Greg discovers a shocking secret that Tommy has been hiding.

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7.77

62 votes

#8 - Episode 6

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/19/2020

When a life and death crisis hits the team's own ranks, Gabriel is forced to face his true feelings. Lydia goes to a difficult personal place to help Jyoti get better. As he prepares to leave India, Ted seeks closure.

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7.78

58 votes

#9 - Episode 2

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/22/2020

A medical train rolls into in town providing miracle surgeries, and carrying a surprise for Gabriel - a glamorous older surgeon from his past. One of the team is viciously attacked, leaving Lydia reeling.

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7.83

58 votes

#10 - Episode 3

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/29/2020

Gabriel and Aisha get closer when they work on a surgery together, threatening Ruby and Gabriel's blossoming relationship. Ruby and Ram fall out over a patient's care and Edmund's search for his lost love hits a dead end.

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7.85

40 votes

#11 - Episode 1

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/2022

Lydia is forced to admit a patient who has the highly contagious Nipah virus when Ruby and new British-Asian doctor Samir Hasan break protocol in the fight to save the girl's life. Return of the medical drama set in a hospital in southern India.

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7.86

187 votes

#12 - Episode 5

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/5/2017

Lydia and Ruby visit a convent to make a seemingly miraculous diagnosis. Then Lydia's interference in the destiny of a young nun backfires - bringing her to blows with Ruby. Maggie and Paul join local pilgrims trekking through the jungle - but is Maggie searching for her own miracle?

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7.89

62 votes

#13 - Episode 5

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/12/2020

In the chaos of Diwali, Lydia tries to help a mysterious runaway teenager. Ted's search reveals new surprises about the mark he left on India and Jyoti discharges herself, but is she ready to go home?

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7.89

38 votes

#14 - Episode 5

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/20/2022

Ruby is shocked with the unexpected arrival of someone from her past who insists on helping care for her father. Can she really be expected to trust again? A misstep teaches Niki the dangers of overconfidence and Lydia is forced to confront her past in the form of her first husband, the charismatic Dr Jules Fonseca.

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7.94

68 votes

#15 - Episode 1

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/15/2020

After months away with her family, Ruby returns to the hospital for her pregnant sister to give birth. A life and death medical crisis unfolds, forcing Ruby to see where her loyalty lies. Greg gets a surprise family visitor.

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7.97

39 votes

#16 - Episode 4

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/13/2022

A tragic case leads Samir and Mari to grow closer still. Lydia and Niki are reminded of how testing life can be as Good Karma Hospital doctors and a familiar face returns to Good Karma but will he find the forgiveness he's looking for?

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8.10

40 votes

#17 - Episode 6

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/27/2022

Lydia and Greg's wedding plans are upset by three emergency admissions. Greg wonders if disappearing to help her patients is a ploy and in truth, Lydia has cold feet. Will they tie the knot?

Writer: Matt Evans

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8.10

129 votes

#18 - Episode 4

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/8/2018

Ruby is still reeling from her discoveries at the tea plantation and must decide if she can forgive past mistakes. Mari goes head to head with Lydia when a surrogate mother gives birth in the hospital.

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8.11

176 votes

#19 - Episode 6

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/12/2017

As the first monsoon rains arrive, tensions run high between Lydia and Ruby - leading Ruby to make a shock decision. Maggie's health is rapidly declining and her daughter Debbie insists on returning to the UK. Will Maggie be granted her dying wish to stay in India?

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8.12

115 votes

#20 - Episode 2

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/25/2018

Lydia discovers a former patient is in the care of a herbal doctor and she’s determined to win back her patient’s trust. Ruby and Gabriel treat a patient with a mystery condition and Gabriel reveals something of his past.

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8.12

122 votes

#21 - Episode 3

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/1/2018

Gabriel joins Ruby on an outreach programme to a tea plantation but he discovers that Ruby hasn’t been open about her motive for the trip. Lydia attempts to help a patient who she suspects may be a victim of domestic abuse.

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8.19

140 votes

#22 - Episode 1

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/18/2018

Ruby faces new challenges as a blistering heatwave hits Kerala. Lydia decides Ruby is ready for her first solo night shift, but when a storm hits Barco, Ruby faces an agonising test that stretches her medical skills to the limit.

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8.19

118 votes

#23 - Episode 5

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/15/2018

A building collapses in Barco and the team are stretched to the limit. Ruby’s objectivity is put to the test when she discovers a secret about one of her patients and Ram cares for a patient whose husband is missing.

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8.52

116 votes

#24 - Episode 6

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/22/2018

Ruby and Gabriel intervene in a dispute between two fishermen and Lydia faces a difficult dilemma when her former mentor asks for her help. The team come together for Ram and Mala’s wedding and Ruby and Gabriel have a heart to heart.

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