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Initech

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4. My brother is an ER doctor.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2014, 11:42 AM

Oct 2014

These doctors definitely earn their pay. The hospitals are under staffed and the doctors are over worked. My brother will often work like 18 hour shifts at a time. I really wonder what things would be like if we had single payer.

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ER - the series - began running 20 years ago - 1994. [View all] hedgehog Oct 2014 OP

In the world I inhabit, ER was a fictional television program Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #1

It probably depends on where the hospital is. nclib Oct 2014 #3

My dad was a doctor, and wouldn't watch a minute of "ER" with a gun to his head Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #5

Depends on private vs county hospital. Ilsa Oct 2014 #14

True. If it was "Country ER," it would have been canceled after three episodes. nt Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #15

Each ER is it's own unique environment. MineralMan Oct 2014 #2

Serious, big time +1 on this nugget of truth nt Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #6

Why are suburban hosptial ERs empty, while the city ERs are full - hedgehog Oct 2014 #8

Location, population density and demographics, mostly. MineralMan Oct 2014 #10

When my daughter cut her foot open after dropping a glass bottle of milk, hedgehog Oct 2014 #11

A good decision on your husband's part. MineralMan Oct 2014 #13

My brother is an ER doctor. Initech Oct 2014 #4

I've worked long hours myself, and I can tell you that anyone who works hedgehog Oct 2014 #7

Oh believe me I could not do what he does. Initech Oct 2014 #9

I wonder what it would be like gvstn Oct 2014 #12