# Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Anaesthesia’ On Netflix, About A Neurosurgeon Who Tries To Revive His Career In A Small-Town Hospital

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/stream-it-or-skip-it-anaesthesia-on-netflix-about-a-neurosurgeon-who-tries-to-revive-his-career-in-a-small-town-hospital/
- Published: 2026-11-04T22:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T02:41:00+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://decider.com/2026/11/04/anaesthesia-netflix-review/
- Topics: Health, Medicine, World

## Key points

- Dawid seeks a fresh start after a patient dies during surgery.
- A train crash brings him to a small-town hospital.
- The review says the dramatic opening strains credibility.

## Summary

Polish medical drama *Anaesthesia* follows renowned neurosurgeon Dawid Łazarz as he tries to restart his career at a small-town hospital after a patient dies during an unauthorised operation in Warsaw. The first episode instead places him at the scene of a major train crash, where he treats victims and is then offered a job, setting up questions about his methods and the hospital’s sceptical chief of medicine.

The review says the disaster makes for an intense opening but strains credibility, particularly when Dawid is allowed to treat patients before staff establish who he is. Leszek Lichota plays Dawid, whose career appears to take priority over his wife and son; Neal Baer, a doctor and former *ER* producer, consulted on the series. The reviewer recommends skipping it, concerned that the oversized opening will be hard to sustain.

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