A plane plummets from the sky above the jungles of Mexico crashing into the dense dangerous undergrowth. In the wreckage four medics lie seriously wounded - some near death. Amidst this hell-on-earth they have one hope: a group of nurses with little medical experience working at a remote clinic for the poverty-stricken local people. Only the nurses' compassion and dedication can defeat the odds and save the lives of the four distinguished doctors. But deep in the jungle with their medical supplies plundered by bandits and a violent drugs war raging round them the odds against success in this life-or-death mission seem overwhelming...