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Jodie Smith 2008-
Occupation: Nurse

More than a year after giving up his medical career, Karl Kennedy returned to his vocation, as a registrar at Erinsborough Hospital. He quickly found himself being given a list of files and patients by busy nurse Jodie Smith, who welcomed him to the department before sending him on his way. As Karl did his best to get to know his patients and chat to them, Nurse Smith warned him that head of department Dr Peggy Newton was on the warpath, wanting more patients to be treated, and faster. Karl, however, was more concerned about his friend Carmella Cammeniti, who had just given birth and was struggling to deal with her premature baby, Chloe being in an incubator. Karl went to see her and made her see that it wasn't her fault and, having calmed her down, Nurse Smith then arrived to break the news that Chloe was breathing on her own and Carmella could go and hold her for the first time. And despite an initially strained start to their working relationship, Karl and Jodie were soon working well together, treating Richard Aaronow, who was in the final stages of renal failure, and tracking down his family, despite his insistance that he wanted to die alone.

A few months later, Ringo Brown, who had just relapsed after recovering from an eating disorder, went out swimming in the ocean and ended up passing out and getting washed up on the shore, unconscious. He was found by his friend Bridget Parker and, at the hospital, his concerned family waited for news from the team, including Nurse Smith, who eventually reported back that Ringo was going to be fine. Only weeks later, Chris Knight was brought into the hospital, critically ill after being bashed. Bridget was suspected of the attack, after running from Chris when he tried to force her into sex with him, but her dad Steve rashly confessed to the crime in order to protect his daughter, who later admitted that she had lashed out and kicked Chris, before he fell and hit his head. Struggling to deal with what she'd done, Bridget went to the hospital, lying to Nurse Smith that she was Chris' cousin. Her cover was blown when neighbour Karl spotted her, and he called in Steve to quietly take her home but when he arrived, Chris had regained consciousness and grabbed Bridget's arm. Steve took the opportunity to threaten Chris into keeping quiet about who really attacked him, but only hours later, after being rushed to surgery by Karl and Jodie, Chris died from his internal injuries.

Biography by Steve

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