Subj : Re: Working in a (real) ER
To   : alt.tv.er
From : Nicole Floyd
Date : Sat Sep 24 2005 08:25:24

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er

You bring up a valid point which I think the writers miss.  First I don't
thing Crichton has anything to do with the show anymore.

Trauma hospitals such as the one shown on ER is a leader in Emergency
medicine.  Thousands of doctors/interns/residents would die to have a chance
to work in a trauma hospital in a major city such as New York/CHICAGO/Los
Angeles.  That crappy stapling Abbey did would get her kicked out on her
ass.  These hospitals have funding.

What sickens me is that show this hospital as struggling with the bottom of
the barrel.  If they gave any time and thought they could make them all
leadind doctors which interesting cases and side stories.

All we get is Daphne from Scooby Doo whining about how her son ran away and
a truly competent and up and coming doctor (Nela) making a Intern cry.

Lava
<richardfangnail@excite.com> wrote in message
news:1127495025.022564.278350@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Do doctors work in an ER because they like the challenge and the fast
> pace or do they get sentenced to it because management didn't like
> them?
>
> Can you be a doctor in a hospital if you're not fast on your feet but
> you're booksmart?  Certainly not the ER.
>
> What does it take to be a General Doctor with an office in the suburbs?
>  I bet it's expensive to rent the office but is it hard to start a
> practice?
>
> Shouldn't an intern work in a non-ER part of the hospital and then move
> to the ER?
>

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