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January 11 2008
I've watched some of the American medical dramas and they don't seem to be very realistic. For one thing, when do you ever see anyone actually paying for all of that marvelous hi tech treatment? I have my own idea for a medical show that will be more like what happens in a real hospital. My series is called The Pain And The Agony and it's set at Saint Hopeless Hospital, in a major American city that shall remain nameless to protect the guilty. Here's a typical day at Saint Hopeless:
The episode opens with Dr. Seymore in one of the examination rooms. He has a gorgeous blond girl lying nude on the examination table in front of him.
"Well, Doctor," the girl says, "now that you've examined every inch of my body, tell me what's causing my headaches."
"How would I know?" Dr. Seymore asks. "I'm a dentist."
The camera moves on to one of the operating rooms where heart surgeon Dr. Cortisone and his nurse are looking down at a patient who is lying on the operating table.
"This man's heart could stop any minute," the nurse says. "What shall we do?"
Dr. Cortisone smiles and says, "Throw him out on his keester. The bum has no health insurance."
Down the hall, compassionate Dr. Carewell is counseling a distraught patient.
"I've been trying to get pregnant for years," the patient sobs. "Nothing works. Why can't I have a baby, Doctor? Why?"
Dr. Carewell pats his patient on the shoulder and says, "There's something that I need to explain to you, Harry."
Meanwhile, the hospital's plastic surgeon Dr. Carver is feeling very proud of himself. He turns to his surgical nurse and grins.
"See how I've rebuilt this man's entire face?" Dr. Carver asks. "When he looks into a mirror, he won't recognize himself."
"That's wonderful, Doctor," the nurse says. "Too bad he came in here to have his appendix removed."
Finally, we see Chief of Surgery Doctor Cutwell who has just finished leading his medical team through an extremely delicate operation.
"Thank heavens we closed the patient up in time," one of the interns says. "The way he was bleeding, another minute of surgery would have been fatal."
"Has anyone seen my wristwatch?" Dr. Cutwell asks. "It was here just a minute ago. Could I have left it... Hand me that scalpel."
The theme music swells and we leave the staff at Saint Hopeless in their never ending struggle against pain and disease as they continue to make matters worse.
So, how about it? Do you think I have much chance of selling my idea to the networks?
George
P.S. To look at my books and free fiction, visit www.checkmatefiction.com
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Posted by gjcondon on 2008-01-11 14:38:10 | Rating: | Views: 64
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