When his girlfriend dies, Dr. Albert Wong Fo Fun joins "Life Force", an international medical humanitarian organization, to carry out her unfulfilled wish of helping the less fortunate. He also sets up a medical centre in Hong Kong to help the poor. While working in Kenya and in Hong Kong, he meets a wealthy young doctor, an honest nurse, and a stubborn young volunteer. Together, they help each other redefine what it means to live a meaningful life.

产科医生王甫芬（张家辉 饰）天资聪慧，但又傲慢自负，对于女友死在他怀中，而自己却束手无策他始终心存愧疚。八年前，他与心内科医生齐百恒（林峯 饰）一块远赴非洲执行援外仼务，亲眼目睹了人类在大自然中生存的韧性，援外的八年中，他的人生观发生了巨大改变。回港后，他不再为名利所累，一切以病人为中心，在慈善家的资助下，开设了龙城医疗中心，专心致志为病人服务。百恒初入龙城，他十分惊诧甫芬的工作作风，甫芬为病人治疗不惧踏医学雷区，不按常理出牌，但往往效果出人意料的好，久而久之，近朱者赤，百恒被其人道主义精神所感染，更被甫芬“即医病又医心” 的品德所感动.....