The Good Karma Hospital

A medical drama about a junior doctor, Ruby Walker, who becomes disillusioned with her life and broken relationship, and decides to leave the UK. Seeing an advertisement for a hospital job in south India, she travels there hoping to make a fresh start and finds herself working at The Good Karma Hospital, an under-resourced and overworked cottage hospital run by a strong-willed English expat, Dr. Lydia Fonseca.

• Amanda Redman as Dr Lydia Fonseca
• Amrita Acharia as Dr Ruby Walker
• James Floyd as Dr Gabriel Varma
• Neil Morrissey as Greg McConnell
• Darshan Jariwala as Dr Ram Nair
• Nimmi Harasgama as Mari Rodriguez
• Sagar Radia as AJ Nair (Series 1–3)
• Phillip Jackson as Paul Smart (Series 1–2, 4)
• Phyllis Logan as Maggie Smart (Series 1, cameo Series 2)
• Achint Kaur as Mala Pradeep (Series 1-3)
• Priyanka Bose as Dr Aisha Ray (Series 3)
• Sayani Gupta as Jyoti Gill (Series 3)
• Scarlett Alice Johnson as Tommy McConnell (Series 3)
• Kenneth Cranham as Ted Dalrymple (Series 3)
• Rebecca Ablack as Dr Nikita 'Niki' Sharma (Series 4)
• Harki Bhambra as Dr Samir Hasan (Series 4)
• Raquel Cassidy as Frankie Martin (Series 4){{cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-good-karma-hospital-cast/ |last=Morris |first=Lauren |title=Meet the cast of The Good Karma Hospital |work=Radio Times |date=21 January 2022 |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203103147/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-good-karma-hospital-cast/ |url-status=live }}
• Ritvik Sahore as Atul Nadar (Series 1){{Cite web|last=Johri|first=Vikram|title=A doctor tries to navigate India and cliches in TV show 'The Good Karma Hospital'|url=https://scroll.in/reel/848913/a-doctor-tries-to-navigate-india-and-cliches-in-tv-show-the-good-karma-hospital|access-date=2021-05-15|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|archive-date=15 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515133858/https://scroll.in/reel/848913/a-doctor-tries-to-navigate-india-and-cliches-in-tv-show-the-good-karma-hospital|url-status=live}}

{{Series overview

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|link1 = #Series 1 (2017)

|episodes1 = 6

|start1 = {{Start date|2017|2|5|df=y}}

|end1 = {{End date|2017|3|12|df=y}}

|infoA1 = 7.39

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|link2 = #Series 2 (2018)

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|start2 = {{Start date|2018|3|18|df=y}}

|end2 = {{End date|2018|4|22|df=y}}

|infoA2 = 6.28

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|link3 = #Series 3 (2019)

|episodes3 = 6

|start3 = {{Start date|2019|10|12|df=y}} (AU)
{{Start date|2020|3|15|df=y}} (UK)

|end3 = {{End date|2019|11|16|df=y}} (AU)
{{Start date|2020|4|19|df=y}} (UK)

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 1

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Episode 1

|DirectedBy = Bill Eagles

|WrittenBy = Dan Sefton

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|02|05|df=y}}

|Viewers = 8.13

|ShortSummary = Junior doctor Ruby Walker has become disillusioned with her life and decides to leave the UK. She heads to South India hoping to make a fresh start, and finds a new home working in an under-resourced and over-worked cottage hospital run by a strong-willed English expat, Dr Lydia Fonseca.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 2

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Episode 2

|DirectedBy = Bill Eagles

|WrittenBy = Dan Sefton

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|02|12|df=y}}

|Viewers = 8.02

|ShortSummary = Ruby gets to grips with her challenging new routine working at the hospital, but tension continues in her professional relationship with Gabriel. The doctors have a mystery on their hands when an unidentified man is discovered washed up on the beach. In addition they face a race against the clock to find anti-venom for a local snake catcher whose luck may have run out, leaving him in urgent need of treatment.

Guest Stars Rajendranath Zutshi

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 3

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Episode 3

|RTitle = {{cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fj4mrp/the-good-karma-hospital--series-1-episode-3|title=Series 1 – Episode 3|work=Radio Times|accessdate=24 December 2017|archive-date=25 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225092247/http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fj4mrp/the-good-karma-hospital--series-1-episode-3/|url-status=live}}

|DirectedBy = Bill Eagles

|WrittenBy = Nancy Harris

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|02|19|df=y}}

|Viewers = 7.08

|ShortSummary = Ruby becomes personally involved in the case of an abandoned baby that is brought to the hospital during the Holi festival, and Lydia is reunited with an expat artist, whose unusual lifestyle may be about to catch up with him. The festival helps Maggie further to find joy in her decision to stay in India.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 4

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Episode 4

|RTitle = {{cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fkbxmd/the-good-karma-hospital--26022017|title=Series 1 – Episode 4|date=14 February 2017|work=Radio Times|accessdate=24 December 2017|archive-date=25 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225092347/http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fkbxmd/the-good-karma-hospital--26022017/|url-status=live}}

|DirectedBy = Bill Eagles

|WrittenBy = Vinay Patel

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|02|26|df=y}}

|Viewers = 7.30

|ShortSummary = Ram clashes with Lydia as a medical case becomes personal on the day he is due to attend a lavish wedding. Ruby treats a patient from the UK whose story does not add up, and the experience leaves her wondering where she really belongs. Mari is conflicted about helping a famous singer.

Guest Stars Sharon Prabhakar

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 5

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Episode 5

|RTitle = {{cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fknqq2/the-good-karma-hospital--series-1-episode-5/|author=Jane Rackham|title=The Good Karma Hospital|accessdate=24 December 2017|archive-date=25 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225091835/http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fknqq2/the-good-karma-hospital--series-1-episode-5/|url-status=live}}

|DirectedBy = Jon Wright

|WrittenBy = Dan Sefton

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|03|05|df=y}}

|Viewers = 7.07

|ShortSummary = Lydia and Ruby visit a convent and make a seemingly miraculous diagnosis, but the treatment of a young nun and the senior doctor's interfering attitude creates tension between them, which finally erupts in a fierce confrontation. Maggie and Paul join a group of pilgrims on a trek through the jungle, hoping to find the answer to their prayers, while a stroke victim's family prays for his recovery as well. Ram engages an attractive marriage broker for his son AJ. Meanwhile Ruby's ex-boyfriend initiates a reconciliation.

Guest Stars Madhur Jaffrey

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 6

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Episode 6

|RTitle = {{cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fkwssx/the-good-karma-hospital--series-1-episode-6/|author=Jane Rackham|title=The Good Karma Hospital|accessdate=24 December 2017|archive-date=23 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223225136/http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fkwssx/the-good-karma-hospital--series-1-episode-6/|url-status=live}}

|DirectedBy = Jon Wright

|WrittenBy = Dan Sefton

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|03|12|df=y}}

|Viewers = 6.71

|ShortSummary = Tension between Lydia and Ruby continues to grow with the arrival of Ruby's ex-boyfriend, leading Ruby to make a momentous decision. Maggie's health begins to decline dramatically, and her daughter is adamant that the family must return to the UK. However, the staff supports Maggie in her desire to remain in India for the time she has left.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 7

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Episode 1

|DirectedBy = Alex Winckler

|WrittenBy = Dan Sefton

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|03|18|df=y}}

|Viewers = 6.90

|ShortSummary = A blistering heatwave hits the region placing additional stress on the hospital. Gabriel and Ruby have differing opinions regarding a patient with abdominal pain and Ruby performs her first surgery.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Episode 2

|DirectedBy = Alex Winckler

|WrittenBy = Ben Edwards

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|03|25|df=y}}

|Viewers = 6.58

|ShortSummary = Lydia tries to regain the trust of a former patient who has turned to a herbal doctor for medical care. Gabriel reveals something about his past as he and Ruby treat a patient with a mysterious condition. Ruby gets a letter from an unexpected source.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Episode 3

|DirectedBy = Alex Winckler

|WrittenBy = Nicola Wilson

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|04|01|df=y}}

|Viewers = 6.05

|ShortSummary = Gabriel joins Ruby on an outreach programme to a tea plantation, but discovers that she has not been completely honest about her reasons for wanting to go there. Back at the clinic, Lydia tries to help a patient who she believes is a victim of domestic abuse.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 10

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Episode 4

|DirectedBy = Lisa Clarke

|WrittenBy = Gabbie Asher & Dan Sefton

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|04|08|df=y}}

|Viewers = 6.05

|ShortSummary = Ruby is still reeling from her discoveries at the tea plantation, and must decide whether she can forgive past mistakes. Paul encounters a girl who feels she has special powers. Meanwhile, Mari goes head to head with Lydia when a surrogate mother gives birth in the hospital.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 11

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Episode 5

|RTitle = {{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/gfzxs7/the-good-karma-hospital--s2-e5-the-good-karma-hospital/|title=Series 2 − Episode 5|work=Radio Times|accessdate=8 April 2018|archive-date=9 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409105846/http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/gfzxs7/the-good-karma-hospital--s2-e5-the-good-karma-hospital/|url-status=live}}

|DirectedBy = Lisa Clarke

|WrittenBy = Ben Edwards

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|04|15|df=y}}

|Viewers = 6.05

|ShortSummary = The clinic is pushed to its limits when a building collapses in Barco and the doctors face a desperate struggle to save the injured survivors. Ruby's objectivity is put to the test when she discovers a secret concerning one of her patients, and Ram helps a woman whose husband is missing.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 12

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Episode 6

|RTitle = {{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/ggj8cg/the-good-karma-hospital--s2-e6-the-good-karma-hospital/|title=Series 2 − Episode 6|work=Radio Times|accessdate=15 April 2018|archive-date=15 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415190421/http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/ggj8cg/the-good-karma-hospital--s2-e6-the-good-karma-hospital/|url-status=live}}

|DirectedBy = Lisa Clarke

|WrittenBy = Dan Sefton

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|04|22|df=y}}

|Viewers = 6.06

|ShortSummary = Lydia is confronted with a difficult dilemma when she is contacted by her former mentor. AJ saves a patient and makes a decision about his future. Greg tries to help Paul work through his grief. Ruby and Gabriel treat two fishermen who have been involved in a fight. The staff of the hospital come together to celebrate Ram and Mala's wedding, where Ruby and Gabriel acknowledge their interest in each other.

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|EpisodeNumber = 13

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Episode 1

|DirectedBy = Philip John

|WrittenBy = Dan Sefton

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|12|df=y}} (AU)
{{Start date|2020|3|15|df=y}} (UK)

|Viewers = 6.07

|ShortSummary = 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, and Ruby makes a decision about where she belongs. Greg has a surprise family visitor.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 14

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Episode 2

|DirectedBy = Philip John

|WrittenBy = Kelly Jones

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|19|df=y}} (AU)
{{Start date|2020|3|22|df=y}} (UK)

|Viewers = 5.60

|ShortSummary = A medical train rolls into in town providing free operations, and carrying a surprise for Gabriel—an attractive older surgeon from his past. Lydia tries to convince a patient with cataracts to have a needed surgery. A staff member, Jyoti, is viciously attacked, leaving the staff shocked.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 15

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Episode 3

|DirectedBy = Philip John

|WrittenBy = Ben Edwards

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|26|df=y}} (AU)
{{Start date|2020|3|29|df=y}} (UK)

|Viewers = 5.85

|ShortSummary = Gabriel and Aisha get closer when they work on an operation 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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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 16

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Episode 4

|DirectedBy = John McKay

|WrittenBy = Dan Sefton

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|2|df=y}}(AU)
{{Start date|2020|4|5|df=y}} (UK)

|Viewers = 5.95

|ShortSummary = AJ returns home from medical school to assist at the hospital on his break, while Greg discovers his daughter, Tommy, is hiding a secret. Lydia sends Ruby to investigate a possible case of dengue fever at a nearby mission. Despite the staff's best efforts, Jyoti continues to struggle with the physical and emotional consequences of the attack on her.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 17

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Episode 5

|DirectedBy = John McKay

|WrittenBy = Glen Laker

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|9|df=y}} (AU)
{{Start date|2020|4|12|df=y}} (UK)

|Viewers = 5.88

|ShortSummary = It's Diwali, and revelers cause chaos throughout the town. Lydia tries to help a deaf runaway teenager, while Gabriel and Aisha are thrown together in a festival clinic.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 18

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Episode 6

|DirectedBy = John McKay

|WrittenBy = Nicola Wilson

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|16|df=y}} (AU)
{{Start date|2020|4|19|df=y}} (UK)

|Viewers = 5.87

|ShortSummary = As Lydia and Mari disagree about how to support Jyoti, AJ helps a patient with mysterious abdominal pain. Still reeling from what happened with Gabriel, Ruby struggles to return to her normal duties at the hospital.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 19

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Episode 1

|DirectedBy = Philip John

|WrittenBy = Dan Sefton

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|01|23|df=y}}

|Viewers = 5.74

|ShortSummary = 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.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 20

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Episode 2

|DirectedBy = Philip John

|WrittenBy = Nyla Levy & Dan Sefton

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|01|30|df=y}}

|Viewers = 5.12

|ShortSummary = 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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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 21

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Episode 3

|DirectedBy = Nimer Rashed

|WrittenBy = Jess Williams

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|02|06|df=y}}

|Viewers = 5.02

|ShortSummary = 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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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 22

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Episode 4

|DirectedBy = Nimer Rashed

|WrittenBy = Dan Sefton

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|02|13|df=y}}

|Viewers = 5.03

|ShortSummary = 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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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 23

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Episode 5

|DirectedBy = Philip John

|WrittenBy = Sumerah Srivastav

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|02|20|df=y}}

|Viewers = 4.98

|ShortSummary = 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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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 24

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Episode 6

|DirectedBy = Philip John

|WrittenBy = Matt Evans

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|02|27|df=y}}

|Viewers = 5.30

|ShortSummary = 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?

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On Rotten Tomatoes season 1 received an 80% rating based on reviews from 5 critics.{{Cite web |title=The Good Karma Hospital: Season 1 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_good_karma_hospital/s01 |access-date=2021-06-15 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126202814/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_good_karma_hospital/s01 |url-status=live }}

Gayle Pennington of the St. Louis Post Dispatch described the first season as “a magical combination of familiar and exotically foreign…. a drama you’ll remember long after you finish watching it.“{{Cite web|last=Pennington|first=Gail|title=TV review: 'Good Karma Hospital' is charmer from India, by way of the UK|url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/television/gail-pennington/tv-review-good-karma-hospital-is-charmer-from-india-by-way-of-the-uk/article_89e50c39-2ff5-545f-8d33-41c761ff3731.html|access-date=2021-05-15|website=STLtoday.com|language=en|archive-date=15 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515132425/https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/television/gail-pennington/tv-review-good-karma-hospital-is-charmer-from-india-by-way-of-the-uk/article_89e50c39-2ff5-545f-8d33-41c761ff3731.html|url-status=live}}

Writing for the Indian digital news publication Scroll, Vikram Johri says: ”The series…has its heart in the right place even if it cannot entirely avoid tone-deaf generalisations… Ignore these irritants and the show can be engaging, especially when it is not trying to train the viewer in Indian mores… It is Walker who is the show’s beating heart. Unaware of Indian customs and rituals,..she takes to her new home and assignment with gusto, quickly imbibing that all-important Indian lesson of making do with what’s available. As a paediatrician, she finds herself performing minor surgical procedures. However, it is her deep reserves of empathy – and the gentle eyes of the actress who plays her – that make her the ideal doctor. “

Deborah Ross for Event Magazine says that the series, “…does not have an original bone in its body…. It’s intended as Sunday night ‘unchallenging’ fare but if you can sit through it without feeling so challenged you want to throw a shoe at the TV, you are made of stronger stuff than I. “{{Cite web|title=The Good Karma Hospital: Season 1 - TV Reviews|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_good_karma_hospital/s01/reviews|access-date=2021-05-15|website=Rotten Tomatoes|language=en|archive-date=19 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219053017/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_good_karma_hospital/s01/reviews/|url-status=live}}{{Better source needed|reason=Should reference the original review not Rotten Tomatoes|date=July 2021}}

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