How sad the show will never be aired again, and we`ll never know if doctor Ormerod survived , judging by the seriousness of the wound. I very much doubt it. Ahh well.
I forgot to mention that with Google earth you can see the `Hospital` which is in fact a block of apartments and the hospital entrance is the entry to their garages and not the entrance to the hospital. Mr O/H and I visited it in 2007.
I think he must have survived as the actor who plays him was Gail's barrister in Corrie and also the cinema manager in Rock and Chips, both of which were recorded after The Royal.