Mitch Stevens
Mitch was born and bred in country NSW. His
                                  dad ran his own timber business and his mother
                                  was an accountant. He and his young sister
                                  Lucy never wanted for anything and they made
                                  up what might be considered a model family.
                                  Mitch's mother returned to work when the
                                  children were in primary school, and it was
                                  impressed upon Mitch at an early age that he
                                  was responsible for the care of his little sister.

                                  Lucy used to taunt Mitch with the fantasy that
                                  one day she would die so that he would get in
                                  trouble with their parents. She had a terrible habit
                                  of playing dead - Mitch would find her floating
                                  face down in the pool or hanging from a tree. He
                                  loved Lucy dearly and would rush to her aid every
                                  time, only to be humiliated when she bounced
                                  back to life. One day this ritual became a
                                  nightmare when he found Lucy sprawled on the
                                  bedroom floor. By the time he realised she was
                                  not breathing it was too late and Lucy was
                                  pronounced dead from an electric shock. The
                                  word 'blame' was never used but it hung in the
                                  air.

                                  Mitch had always had been a bad boy at school
                                  because he was very bright and loved to learn but
                                  resented being taught. After Lucy's death, he
                                  threw himself into study, earning a record HSC
                                  mark and easy entrance into the top university to
                                  study medicine.

                                  When Mitch arrived as an intern at All Saints his
                                  bad behaviour escalated. It was as if he was
                                  pushing the establishment to kick him out. They
                                  would have gladly done so, except that he was
                                  brilliant with the patients. He was, and is, a
                                  brilliant diagnostician - a combination of easy
                                  rapport, an eye for detail and an almost spiritual
                                  intuition sorted out clues about a patient's
                                  condition long before any pathology results came
                                  back from the lab. Sick of the hierarchy, Mitch
                                  left All Saints and spent several years overseas
                                  gaining experience in other hospitals and active
                                  service with a United Nations team in Africa.

                                  But now he is back and he infuriates Terri. He is
                                  late for rounds, eventually turning up unshaven.
                                  He leaves the ward without passing on
                                  information and doesn't write up orders. He is not
                                  a team player but almost all the staff come to
                                  love him, even Von.

                                  There is a reason for Terri's uncharacteristic
                                  sharp manner... Terri and Mitch had a passionate
                                  affair when she was a young nurse and he was
                                  an intern. He was Terri's first and only physical
                                  relationship. She fell hopelessly in love with him,
                                  and for a while she totally forgot her calling to
                                  enter a religious order. Mitch loved Terri deeply
                                  but refused to acknowledge it.
 
 
 

Taken from the seven site