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From NBC Universal Media Village
ER
TRY CARTER
10-14-2004 9:59PM
It's a busy 4th of July weekend and Carter (Noah Wylie) tries to run
an
understaffed hospital, which is flooded with patients. A biker with
HIV is
left
brain dead from a robbery and his girlfriend wants to donate his
organs to
a
fellow friend, who is also infected with HIV. Carter persuades Corday
(Alex
Kingston) to perform the organ transplant after several surgeons
refused
to
perform the operation.
Given the sterile atmosphere and almost OCD-like methods they use to
ensure
protection against that sort of thing, why the hell would the other
surgeons
refuse? Surely they can't be worried about contamination to themselves,
could they? That's pretty cold, just to say no and let someone continue
in
pain and suffering just because you're afraid of a little
blood-or-saliva
transmitted disease. I mean, if THAT'S your problem, you shouldn't be a
surgeon to begin with. I could see how they wuold take the attitude of
"they're going to eventually die anyway" but shouldn't the oath they
took as
a doctor AS WELL AS their own human feelings take precedent over fears
of
being contaminated by the disease? Just because someone has HIV doesn't
mean they're going to die tomorrow anyway. Sometimes it takes awhile
for
full blow AIDS to develop. Pansy-***** surgeons!
Do you think surgeons should have a choice whether to operate or should
they be
forced?
I think all surgeons should have a choice, yes. I'm not saying they should
be FORCED into anything. But just because they are afraid of a little
contamination to themselves doesn't mean they should put the patient's needs
second. That's part of being in the medical field -- the needs of others
come first. To yank a fairly decent quote out of Star Trek,"the needs of
the many outweigh the needs of the few." There's very little to no chance
of risk on your part, and the patient certainly can't transplant the organ
themselves. It should be interesting to see how the writers handle the
surgeons' reactions and why/how they refuse to do the transplant.
If the later what should be done when they quit in droves? Put them in
jail for quiting?
No, I'm not saying they should be forced. I'm saying they should be man (or
woman) enough to examine their own reasons for what it is they do and
realize that part of their job is to take risks such as that. HOWEVER if
they're good at their job and knowledgable enough of their field, then they
would know how little the risk is and how possibly beneficial to the patient
or patients that the operations would be. Granted, if they operated without
gloves, but of course they wouldn't be doing that...or would they? Since
several surgeons turn down the opportunity, it's obviously not one of those
"E.R."
writers-make-the-doctors-stick-their-bare-hands-into-a-patient's-body-withou
t-gloves-on-just-for-dramatic-purposes" routines that has been done time and
time again since the show went on the air years ago.
Meanwhile, Ray (Shane West) is upset with Abby (Maura
Tierney) for going above him and ordering a drug test on his patient,
a
bicycle
messenger. Abby later asks Carter out for dinner and drinks in hopes
of
talking
to him about his past problems. Dr. Pratt (Mekhi Phifer) is back early
from his
recent craniotomy and is not operating at his best capacity. Carter
notices his
insensitivity to a stabbing victim as well as the fact that he is
still
suffering from headaches and sends him home. Corday confronts Weaver
(Laura
Innes) on her latest surgeon choice and the fact that she was not
involved
in
the decision-making process. Lastly, Neela (Parminder Nagra) looks for
employment outside of the medical field and has a hard time finding a
decent
job.
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