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the people are represented
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by two separate yet equally
important groups,
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the police,
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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( woman crying,
indistinct conversations )
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( clamoring )
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Horton, H-O-R-T-O-N.
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That's the guy
you should have brought in here.
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Miss, I've been here
40 minutes.
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I just need to know
where she is.
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I told you
before, sir--
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I have to check
with Admitting.
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This is ridiculous.
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NURSE:
Get a doctor, stat!
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MAN:
I need some help
in here please! Now!
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She's turning blue.
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She can't breathe.
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Get the ambu-bag.
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No pulse. Call a code!
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Come on, let's go, move!
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I need a line in!
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Get the defibrillator.
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You knew that wasn't right.
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You can't go in there, sir.
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Call a guard.
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Sir!
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No pulse.
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Curette the I.V.
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No response.
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Get me adrenaline.
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Excuse us, please,
wait outside.
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We're doing everything
we can.
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What's going on?
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That's my daughter.
Please.
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Please, you can't
come in here.
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This is off limits.
Don't even try!
What's going on?
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The last blood gases.
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Let's call it.
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23:17.
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Oh, my God,
what the hell happened?
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Your daughter
had cardiac arrest.
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Well, resuscitate her!
Defib her!
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Please, please,
your daughter is dead.
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Where you going?
I don't get this.
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She only had
a sore throat.
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This is insane!
Some help, please.
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Come on, pal....
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No, guys, she only
had a sore throat!
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She didn't even have a fever!
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She only came in
for a prescription!
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I don't understand, guys...
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Captioning sponsored by
NBC/UNIVERSAL
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Where was
she murdered?
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I told you--
Urban Medical Center.
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I'm sorry, Mr. Morton.
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I'm a little confused.
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Your daughter was killed
at the hospital?
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Yeah, in the emergency room.
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And I want to swear
out a murder complaint
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against the resident
in charge of it.
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This resident was treating her?
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No, killing her.
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But she was
at the hospital
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for treatment.
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Yeah, a sore throat,
muscle aches.
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She only went in
to get a prescription
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for some antibiotics.
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Well, sometimes people
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are a lot sicker than they look.
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Listen to me--
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I was a medic in Vietnam.
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I know who's dying
and who isn't.
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My daughter was not that sick.
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Somebody in that emergency room
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did something
that killed her.
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Who does he want
to bring charges against?
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The resident in charge
of the emergency room.
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Oh, come on, Max.
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People die
in hospital emergency rooms
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every hour of every day.
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Now that may indeed be tragic,
but it is not criminal.
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Unless somebody was
criminally negligent.
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And how the hell
would Mr. Morton know
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if that had happened?
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He was a medic
in Vietnam.
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He says she wasn't
sick enough to die.
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He was very convincing.
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I'm not saying no.
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I just had my first day off
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in two weeks.
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There is a world out there.
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LOGAN:
You're the intern who
treated a young girl
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named, uh, Suzanne Morton.
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Yeah, she's the last patient
I admitted before I took off.
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Bronchitis. She dramatized her
symptoms a bit.
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So I ordered a chest x-ray
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and put her aside
to wait for a bed.
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Why?
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Right now we're doing
a routine investigation
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of her death.
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Death?
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Why, she died?
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You sound surprised.
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Don't people croak
here every day?
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Well, she wasn't that sick.
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You don't die from bronchitis.
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Suzanne Morton,
she had pneumonia.
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The sputum examination
and blood culture
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were indicative.
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We discussed it
during rounds.
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Pneumonia, huh?
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Lot of people die
of that these days?
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When it's complicated
by chemical pneumonitis.
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Sometimes.
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The patient was feverish
and fell unconscious.
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She must have aspirated
some of the contents
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of her stomach.
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Stomach acid and lungs
do not mix well.
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This can happen fast?
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Yes, it can.
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Excuse me.
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Hmm. Busy woman.
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Yeah, so busy she can't
even make eye contact.
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Suzanne Morton.
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Yes, if you see Mr. Morton,
please extend my condolences.
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Dr. Raza, were you on rounds
when they reached her?
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Yes, yes, that is right.
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I came right away.
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Why?
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I didn't think
she was that sick.
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We've heard bronchitis,
maybe pneumonia.
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No, no, no,
she was very sick.
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She should have been
in the intensive care unit.
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Unfortunately,
there were no beds.
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In my country,
we accept death.
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But here, you're expected
to live forever.
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You ever hold a human heart
in your hands?
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Only mine.
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What year are you in?
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Third.
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We go hands on.
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Did you ever lay your hands
on Suzanne Morton?
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The pneumonia.
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I spent 40 minutes
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trying to find an orderly
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to take her to
intensive care.
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On the way back, I passed a
gunshot wound through the neck
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with a six-inch exit.
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You ever see
one of those?
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Yeah, well, they're
not so exciting
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when you run into one
in a crack house.
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Financial advisor needed in E.R.
WOMAN ( over P.A. ):
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GREEVEY:
Tell me some more.
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This guy in the
emergency room--
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must have been his
daughter was sick--
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he's going nuts, yelling,
"Why didn't they do this?
Why didn't they do this?"
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Sounded like he knew
his way around.
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Around the hospital?
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Around sick people.
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Those doctors...
something wasn't right.
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The way they looked.
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Worried? Excited?
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Embarrassed.
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Embarrassed.
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Does this make sense
to you, Max?
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Sure, she had bronchitis.
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She had pneumonia.
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She was fine
when she got here,
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she was dying
when she got here.
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God-like pronouncements
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sound like normal
medical procedure to me.
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So, Max, what's your problem?
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Meaning?
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Meaning your attitude.
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'82.
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My partner and I
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go into this fleabag S.R.O.
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to pick up
some junkie bank robber.
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I'm putting the cuffs on him.
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His girlfriend comes from
out of nowhere, jumps me.
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We're rolling around, I hit my
head against the radiator.
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You know, it hurt like hell,
but it's no big deal.
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Week later,
I start slurring words.
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I go see a neurologist--
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quote, "Top guy in Manhattan."
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He looks at me, he says,
"I want you in the hospital.
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I'm going to do a C.A.T. scan."
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Yeah, well,
I would definitely freak.
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Next day,
Dr. God comes in
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says, "you have
an inoperable brain tumor
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in your cerebellum."
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He said it like
he was telling me
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they'd be serving chicken
for dinner.
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We decided to get
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a second opinion.
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I go see
another "top" neurologist.
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He does another C.A.T. scan.
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He comes in and says
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"You don't have a brain tumor
in your cerebellum.
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You have
a subdural hematoma here."
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A month later, I was fine.
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Hey, at least he caught
the mistake.
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All right?
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Yeah.
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And when they don't,
they just bury them.
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Dr. Auster will see you now.
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Let's go see
the chief of medicine.
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I'm sure he'll be godlike too.
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A diagnostician
is like a detective.
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As a matter of fact,
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Conan Doyle
modeled Sherlock Holmes
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on Dr. Joseph Bell.
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You solve every case
you work on?
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We can tell a felony
from a traffic ticket.
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A patient walks in
with a headache.
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Does she have
a subarachnoid hemorrhage,
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a berry aneurysm,
a retro-orbital tumor
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or does she just have
a headache?
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Do you give here an aspirin,
or do you saw open her skull?
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You make this speech
at funerals?
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AUSTER:
I saw that girl in
the emergency room on rounds.
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She was in the hands
of competent staff.
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The girl is dead.
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Well, people like
to believe that medicine
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is pure science.
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Medicine is a science.
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But doctors know
it's also a lottery.
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See what I mean?
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The guy is chief of medicine
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and all he could
come up with is
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"It's a lottery."
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Proceed, Sherlock.
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What do you do
when you make a mistake--
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use Wite-Out?
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Uh-uh, you cross it out
and initial it.
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This ain't no
letter to Dear Abby.
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These charts got
to show everything
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or there could be
serious legal repercussions.
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Serious legal repercussions,
that's what we have here.
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Somebody used Wite-Out
on Suzanne Morton's chart.
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Now, on top
of the Wite-Out
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it says "acetaminophen,"
a common every day painkiller.
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But underneath
the Wite-Out...
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it said "meperidine."
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That's a narcotic.
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Big difference.
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Third-rate cover-up.
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Whoever did it
probably wasn't expecting
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an investigation.
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Whoever wrote merpidine
also wrote acetaminophen.
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Look at the "e's"
in acetaminophen.
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See, italic,
cursive penmanship
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an English style,
popular in the colonies.
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See the shape and the angle
of the loop?
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Now, it matches notations
that were here,
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here,
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and here,
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all of them
initialed "E.R."
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Emergency room?
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Eqbal Raza.
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MAN:
and a low-grade fever.
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Nothing more.
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I gave her an antibiotic
265
00:12:03,490 --> 00:12:04,856
and an antihistamine.
266
00:12:04,858 --> 00:12:07,492
No doctor would have done
anything more.
267
00:12:07,494 --> 00:12:11,029
Sounds like you're
on solid ground.
268
00:12:11,031 --> 00:12:15,133
Her psychiatrist had her
on phenelzine sulfate.
269
00:12:15,135 --> 00:12:17,969
She was seeing a shrink?
270
00:12:17,971 --> 00:12:20,438
She'd been depressed
since her mother's death.
271
00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,874
When did that happen?
272
00:12:22,876 --> 00:12:25,393
Last year.
273
00:12:25,394 --> 00:12:27,911
She developed peritonitis
after a hysterectomy.
274
00:12:32,185 --> 00:12:33,918
This, uh... fenal...
275
00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:35,086
what is it?
276
00:12:35,088 --> 00:12:37,021
Phenelzine...
Doctor?
277
00:12:37,023 --> 00:12:39,124
Miss Rossi is ready.
278
00:12:39,126 --> 00:12:41,526
Thank you.
279
00:12:41,527 --> 00:12:43,927
Phenelzine sulfate,
an antidepressant.
280
00:12:43,930 --> 00:12:45,497
A strong one.
281
00:12:49,269 --> 00:12:52,237
The patient died,
but don't worry.
282
00:12:52,239 --> 00:12:55,073
The doctor is doing just fine.
283
00:12:57,043 --> 00:13:00,211
Okay, the tox screen
shows acetaminophen.
284
00:13:00,213 --> 00:13:04,149
It shows aspirin,
and it shows an antihistamine.
285
00:13:04,151 --> 00:13:06,217
So there's no sign
of meperidine?
286
00:13:06,219 --> 00:13:09,220
We ran the standard
gas and chromatography.
287
00:13:09,222 --> 00:13:11,790
We know the girl
was on something
288
00:13:11,792 --> 00:13:12,991
called phenelzine.
289
00:13:12,993 --> 00:13:15,093
Not a trace.
290
00:13:15,094 --> 00:13:17,194
Meperidine, phenelzine,
recreational drugs--
291
00:13:17,197 --> 00:13:18,897
do another tox screen.
292
00:13:18,899 --> 00:13:21,933
I think you're wasting
your nickel.
293
00:13:21,935 --> 00:13:24,936
Nobody takes meperidine
and phenelzine,
294
00:13:24,938 --> 00:13:28,072
unless they want to risk
ending up here.
295
00:13:28,074 --> 00:13:31,543
It can be
a fatal combination.
296
00:13:34,314 --> 00:13:36,014
I was exhausted.
297
00:13:36,016 --> 00:13:37,982
I just came off
the cancer ward.
298
00:13:37,984 --> 00:13:40,585
I wrote meperidine
without thinking,
299
00:13:40,587 --> 00:13:42,954
but I gave her acetaminophen.
300
00:13:42,956 --> 00:13:44,989
What about the Wite-Out?
301
00:13:44,991 --> 00:13:48,993
There is paperwork required
when you write a narcotic,
302
00:13:48,995 --> 00:13:51,129
and I did not have time
for that.
303
00:13:51,131 --> 00:13:52,564
Dr. Raza,
304
00:13:52,566 --> 00:13:54,199
you just confessed
305
00:13:54,201 --> 00:13:57,101
to falsifying
hospital records.
306
00:13:57,103 --> 00:13:59,537
That's a Class E felony.
307
00:13:59,539 --> 00:14:03,374
When they look at me here,
they see an Indian or a Paki.
308
00:14:03,376 --> 00:14:05,977
They don't even know
the difference.
309
00:14:05,979 --> 00:14:08,379
We're all supposed
to be bad doctors.
310
00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:10,632
You ask anybody.
311
00:14:10,633 --> 00:14:12,884
I have to be twice as good
as everybody else
312
00:14:12,886 --> 00:14:16,621
just so they will think
I am as good as everybody else.
313
00:14:16,623 --> 00:14:18,990
My children want
to stay in this country,
314
00:14:18,992 --> 00:14:20,158
my wife wants
to stay in this country,
315
00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,260
and to stay,
all I have to do
316
00:14:22,262 --> 00:14:24,362
is to be perfect
all the time.
317
00:14:24,364 --> 00:14:27,398
Well, you fell a little
short of perfection
318
00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,167
on Suzanne Morton's chart.
319
00:14:29,169 --> 00:14:30,969
It was a simple mistake.
320
00:14:30,971 --> 00:14:32,136
Really?
321
00:14:32,138 --> 00:14:34,606
If the toxicologist
finds meperidine
322
00:14:34,608 --> 00:14:36,040
in Suzanne Morton's body,
323
00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:39,644
you'll be lucky if
you're only deported.
324
00:14:39,646 --> 00:14:42,013
please report to Admitting
Dr. Fleming,
WOMAN ( over P.A. ):
325
00:14:42,015 --> 00:14:44,415
Cancer Care Center.
in the Comprehensive
326
00:14:44,417 --> 00:14:46,117
Have fun.
327
00:14:46,119 --> 00:14:47,185
Thanks.
328
00:14:49,289 --> 00:14:51,122
Max, dig this.
329
00:14:51,124 --> 00:14:55,059
Now, here's a guy
who swallowed his false teeth,
330
00:14:55,061 --> 00:14:58,029
and then they bit through
his intestines.
331
00:14:58,031 --> 00:15:02,200
What did Dr. Raza prescribe--
a good flossing?
332
00:15:02,202 --> 00:15:04,235
Oh, here we go.
333
00:15:04,237 --> 00:15:07,906
Mistake, crossed out,
initialed.
334
00:15:07,908 --> 00:15:09,140
Same here.
335
00:15:09,142 --> 00:15:11,075
You know, look at this.
336
00:15:11,077 --> 00:15:14,279
We could be holding in our hands
the evidence to a mass murder
337
00:15:14,281 --> 00:15:16,948
and we wouldn't even know it.
338
00:15:16,950 --> 00:15:19,117
All these have
evening rounds
339
00:15:19,119 --> 00:15:21,052
at 6:00 to 6:30,
340
00:15:21,054 --> 00:15:24,188
and the night that
Suzanne Morton died,
341
00:15:24,190 --> 00:15:26,357
rounds were after 9:00.
342
00:15:27,327 --> 00:15:29,127
If you hear hoof beats,
343
00:15:29,129 --> 00:15:32,130
it's probably a horse,
not a zebra.
344
00:15:33,066 --> 00:15:35,366
Old medical school saying.
345
00:15:35,368 --> 00:15:38,202
Students tend
to find exotic diseases
346
00:15:38,204 --> 00:15:39,938
in ordinary symptoms.
347
00:15:39,940 --> 00:15:41,472
They need to be reminded
348
00:15:41,474 --> 00:15:44,342
that most things are
what they appear to be.
349
00:15:44,344 --> 00:15:47,078
You, gentlemen,
are on a zebra hunt.
350
00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:51,649
Well, either a zebra
or a horse using Wite-Out.
351
00:15:51,651 --> 00:15:55,086
Maybe Dr. Raza made
a mistake on the chart.
352
00:15:55,088 --> 00:15:58,089
Maybe he made a mistake
in the emergency room.
353
00:15:59,459 --> 00:16:01,993
You trust Dr. Raza,
don't you?
354
00:16:01,995 --> 00:16:03,227
Offered him a job.
355
00:16:03,229 --> 00:16:06,230
Wrote a letter
to immigration this morning.
356
00:16:06,232 --> 00:16:10,735
Strange time
to be hiring the guy.
357
00:16:10,737 --> 00:16:15,006
A good doctor is a good doctor.
358
00:16:15,008 --> 00:16:18,109
GREEVEY:
What time were rounds
that night?
359
00:16:18,111 --> 00:16:20,161
Sometime after 6:00.
360
00:16:20,162 --> 00:16:22,212
They stand around gabbing,
and we're trying
361
00:16:22,215 --> 00:16:25,450
to keep some poor jerk
from bleeding to death.
362
00:16:25,452 --> 00:16:28,019
So what happened that night?
Why were rounds so late?
363
00:16:28,021 --> 00:16:31,055
We waited
for the chief of medicine.
364
00:16:31,057 --> 00:16:32,123
Dr. Auster?
365
00:16:32,125 --> 00:16:34,125
God on high descending.
366
00:16:34,127 --> 00:16:36,628
Well, he descended late.
367
00:16:36,629 --> 00:16:39,130
He said he'd been delayed
at some retirement party
368
00:16:39,132 --> 00:16:41,132
for one of the service chiefs.
369
00:16:41,134 --> 00:16:44,135
had a good time.
Seemed like Dr. Auster
370
00:16:44,137 --> 00:16:46,104
What do you mean?
371
00:16:46,106 --> 00:16:50,775
It smelled like
he had been drinking.
372
00:16:50,777 --> 00:16:53,411
a hospital blood drive
There will be
WOMAN ( over P.A. ):
373
00:16:53,413 --> 00:16:55,179
we need volunteers.
beginning next Monday;
374
00:17:00,053 --> 00:17:03,221
The hospital wanted
to lay out cheese in a can
375
00:17:03,223 --> 00:17:05,023
and white wine from Bulgaria.
376
00:17:05,025 --> 00:17:06,758
So, I had the party catered.
377
00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:10,428
Duck-liver pate,
beluga malossol caviar.
378
00:17:10,430 --> 00:17:14,799
Oh, yes, anesthesiology
has been very good to me.
379
00:17:14,801 --> 00:17:18,102
Did Dr. Auster
have a good time?
380
00:17:18,104 --> 00:17:19,303
Oh, I hope so.
381
00:17:19,305 --> 00:17:22,140
The caviar cost
400 bucks a pound.
382
00:17:22,142 --> 00:17:24,142
Did Dr. Auster
have a drink?
383
00:17:24,144 --> 00:17:26,377
Oh, yes, that's
why I had a bar.
384
00:17:26,379 --> 00:17:29,447
Happy Hour Catering,
25 bucks a head.
385
00:17:32,819 --> 00:17:35,053
You guys just
supply bartenders?
386
00:17:35,055 --> 00:17:37,055
We supply bartenders,
barmaids if you want them,
387
00:17:37,057 --> 00:17:39,157
ice, glasses, napkins, mixers.
388
00:17:39,159 --> 00:17:40,158
Booze?
389
00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:41,459
You supply, you save.
390
00:17:41,461 --> 00:17:43,127
You work the hospital job?
391
00:17:43,129 --> 00:17:46,164
I was there, two waitresses,
and Rory, another bartender.
392
00:17:46,166 --> 00:17:47,398
You remember this guy?
393
00:17:49,135 --> 00:17:51,102
Yeah, Jim.
394
00:17:51,104 --> 00:17:52,503
No, Ed--
395
00:17:52,505 --> 00:17:54,272
Edward Auster.
396
00:17:54,274 --> 00:17:56,407
No, no, Jim... Green.
397
00:17:57,510 --> 00:17:58,509
The bourbon?
398
00:17:58,511 --> 00:18:00,211
That's what he drank--
399
00:18:00,213 --> 00:18:03,081
on the rocks,
one every five minutes.
400
00:18:03,083 --> 00:18:04,115
I can smell it.
401
00:18:04,117 --> 00:18:06,350
Somebody gave her
the wrong drugs.
402
00:18:06,352 --> 00:18:09,253
I don't know if it
was Gunga Din or Auster,
403
00:18:09,255 --> 00:18:11,589
but one of them
screwed the pooch.
404
00:18:13,126 --> 00:18:15,560
Mike, you look like
you got a problem.
405
00:18:15,562 --> 00:18:17,829
All I know about hospitals
406
00:18:17,831 --> 00:18:20,565
is that my father
is still walking today
407
00:18:20,567 --> 00:18:23,501
because he had
a heart transplant in one
408
00:18:23,503 --> 00:18:24,869
seven years ago.
409
00:18:24,871 --> 00:18:30,608
I'm not saying
all doctors are bad.
410
00:18:30,610 --> 00:18:32,810
99% of them
are solid pros.
411
00:18:32,812 --> 00:18:34,245
It's the rotten
one percent--
412
00:18:34,247 --> 00:18:36,280
to quote our friend Auster--
413
00:18:36,282 --> 00:18:38,349
that make it a lottery.
414
00:18:38,351 --> 00:18:40,418
You bet your life.
415
00:18:40,419 --> 00:18:42,486
Come on, Max, you ain't exactly
a fan of the profession.
416
00:18:42,489 --> 00:18:44,455
I just want them held
to the same standards
417
00:18:44,457 --> 00:18:45,890
that cops are
when somebody gets shot
418
00:18:45,892 --> 00:18:47,592
or pilots when there's a crash.
419
00:18:47,594 --> 00:18:50,128
Yeah, and that's
what bothers me.
420
00:18:50,130 --> 00:18:52,530
Listen, say I'm out with Maggie.
421
00:18:52,532 --> 00:18:56,134
We're having dinner;
I have a few pops, okay?
422
00:18:56,136 --> 00:18:57,852
Mm-hmm. Go on.
423
00:18:57,853 --> 00:18:59,569
I look out the window;
I see someone getting mugged.
424
00:18:59,572 --> 00:19:01,572
I run out,
pull my service revolver
425
00:19:01,574 --> 00:19:03,441
out of my sock,
I yell, "halt!"
426
00:19:03,443 --> 00:19:05,176
Now, one of the muggers
427
00:19:05,178 --> 00:19:08,279
reaches into his pocket,
takes something out,
428
00:19:08,281 --> 00:19:09,680
turns around...
429
00:19:09,682 --> 00:19:11,549
I blow him away.
430
00:19:11,551 --> 00:19:14,252
Yeah, but the something
ain't a weapon.
431
00:19:14,254 --> 00:19:16,854
It's the victim's wallet.
432
00:19:16,856 --> 00:19:19,223
It is still
a totally righteous shoot.
433
00:19:19,225 --> 00:19:20,258
You know that.
434
00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:22,210
I know that.
435
00:19:22,211 --> 00:19:24,161
Internal Affairs smells
liquor on my breath--
436
00:19:24,164 --> 00:19:25,897
they crucify me.
437
00:19:28,234 --> 00:19:32,937
I got to tell you this,
that's how this feels to me.
438
00:19:32,939 --> 00:19:34,672
Well, you know,
there's a difference
439
00:19:34,674 --> 00:19:37,675
between a few pops and a bourbon
every five minutes.
440
00:19:37,677 --> 00:19:39,577
Come on,
the kid's exaggerating.
441
00:19:39,579 --> 00:19:41,679
Maybe he wasn't.
442
00:19:41,681 --> 00:19:45,183
No one said Auster
looked or acted drunk.
443
00:19:45,185 --> 00:19:47,451
They smelled it on his breath.
444
00:19:50,323 --> 00:19:53,324
Now, you know looking
and acting drunk
445
00:19:53,326 --> 00:19:55,526
don't mean squat.
446
00:19:55,528 --> 00:19:57,662
What are you guys talking about?
447
00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,968
Uh, back when Max and I
were partners,
448
00:20:03,970 --> 00:20:07,338
I had a little bit
of a drinking problem.
449
00:20:07,340 --> 00:20:09,207
So, finally,
450
00:20:09,209 --> 00:20:13,211
he told me that he wouldn't
partner with me
451
00:20:13,213 --> 00:20:14,946
unless I went to A.A.
452
00:20:17,283 --> 00:20:19,634
And?
453
00:20:19,635 --> 00:20:21,986
And I told him to mind
his own freaking business!
454
00:20:21,988 --> 00:20:23,621
I was under control.
455
00:20:23,623 --> 00:20:25,756
I knew what I was doing.
456
00:20:25,758 --> 00:20:28,359
I was just a social drinker.
457
00:20:28,361 --> 00:20:30,328
He made me so damn mad,
458
00:20:30,330 --> 00:20:34,232
I went out and I had
a few social drinks.
459
00:20:35,602 --> 00:20:37,268
Couple of hours later,
460
00:20:37,270 --> 00:20:40,771
I was standing in the middle
of Lexington Avenue,
461
00:20:40,773 --> 00:20:42,974
not looking or acting drunk,
462
00:20:42,976 --> 00:20:46,510
but I had my gun pointed
at a taxi driver
463
00:20:46,512 --> 00:20:49,313
because I didn't like the way
he was honking his horn.
464
00:20:52,518 --> 00:20:56,654
That night, I went
to my first meeting,
465
00:20:56,656 --> 00:20:59,724
and I been sober ever since.
466
00:21:07,734 --> 00:21:13,337
So, get back to the hospital
and twist a few people, huh?
467
00:21:13,339 --> 00:21:17,441
I'm begging you,
don't make me torpedo my career.
468
00:21:17,443 --> 00:21:19,577
We need
a second witness.
469
00:21:19,579 --> 00:21:20,811
Hmm?
470
00:21:20,813 --> 00:21:23,080
Look...
471
00:21:23,081 --> 00:21:25,348
Auster forgets more
every week than I know.
472
00:21:25,351 --> 00:21:27,451
I came to New York
because of him.
473
00:21:27,453 --> 00:21:29,453
Do you know what it means
474
00:21:29,455 --> 00:21:33,624
to be able to say I studied
under Dr. Edward Auster?
475
00:21:35,762 --> 00:21:39,563
He could destroy
the rest of my career.
476
00:21:39,565 --> 00:21:42,033
What career?
477
00:21:50,576 --> 00:21:52,343
He was drunk.
478
00:22:05,591 --> 00:22:08,359
The girl had muscle pains.
479
00:22:08,361 --> 00:22:10,594
The doctor ordered meperidine.
480
00:22:10,596 --> 00:22:13,464
The resident said something
about phenelzine.
481
00:22:13,466 --> 00:22:14,732
I didn't...
482
00:22:14,734 --> 00:22:16,834
I don't even
think he even heard.
483
00:22:16,836 --> 00:22:20,738
He took the meperidine,
and he injected it himself.
484
00:22:20,740 --> 00:22:22,406
No one tried
to stop him?
485
00:22:22,408 --> 00:22:24,041
What are we going to do?
486
00:22:24,043 --> 00:22:26,510
Wrestle Dr. Edward Auster
to the floor?
487
00:22:26,512 --> 00:22:28,646
I didn't even know he was wrong.
488
00:22:28,648 --> 00:22:32,083
You know now.
489
00:22:32,085 --> 00:22:33,451
Now we have to get approval
490
00:22:33,453 --> 00:22:35,753
from an executive
assistant D.A.?
491
00:22:35,755 --> 00:22:38,356
Stone's the boss.
What do you want me to do?
492
00:22:38,358 --> 00:22:40,391
This case is
politically sensitive.
493
00:22:40,393 --> 00:22:42,626
It gets tougher
all the time, Mike.
494
00:22:42,628 --> 00:22:46,130
The Davids kid already
made the term once.
495
00:22:46,132 --> 00:22:48,766
He said flat out,
Auster was drunk.
496
00:22:48,768 --> 00:22:53,404
D.A.:
I want to go in with more
than a nervous resident.
497
00:22:53,406 --> 00:22:58,142
The bartender says Auster
drank like a fish at the party.
498
00:22:58,144 --> 00:23:02,380
If the resident testifies,
there's a good chance,
499
00:23:02,382 --> 00:23:06,417
we get the rest
of the E.R. team to follow suit.
500
00:23:06,419 --> 00:23:09,553
Pick him up.
501
00:23:09,555 --> 00:23:12,156
Dr. Dematthews to C.C.U.
WOMAN ( over P.A. ):
502
00:23:12,158 --> 00:23:14,792
Dr. Dematthews to C.C.U. please.
503
00:23:14,794 --> 00:23:18,429
We did a procedure
called balloon angioplasty.
504
00:23:18,431 --> 00:23:21,565
WOMAN:
Oh, but the pain?
505
00:23:21,567 --> 00:23:23,801
I don't think
it will come back.
506
00:23:23,803 --> 00:23:27,438
Look, I'm not saying
you can take up racquetball,
507
00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,807
but you will be able to walk,
climb stairs, and swim.
508
00:23:29,809 --> 00:23:31,442
Oh, thank you.
509
00:23:31,444 --> 00:23:35,513
Guess we won't
need our guns.
510
00:23:35,515 --> 00:23:37,148
Edward Auster?
511
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,920
We have a warrant
for your arrest.
512
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:51,562
Practicing medicine drunk--
it's not prosecuted much.
513
00:23:51,564 --> 00:23:54,131
First in his class
at Harvard Medical School.
514
00:23:54,133 --> 00:23:55,733
Residency and fellowship
at Mass General.
515
00:23:55,735 --> 00:23:58,169
Say hello
to Philip Nevins--
516
00:23:58,171 --> 00:23:59,703
Dr. Auster's attorney.
517
00:23:59,705 --> 00:24:00,938
Author of the classic
518
00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:02,573
textbook on cardiology.
519
00:24:02,575 --> 00:24:04,141
Winner of the Lasker
Award for medical research.
520
00:24:04,143 --> 00:24:06,610
Published
175 journal articles.
521
00:24:06,612 --> 00:24:08,279
Does he walk on water?
522
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:09,947
The trash that you people
usually prosecute
523
00:24:09,949 --> 00:24:11,816
can't murder fast enough
524
00:24:11,818 --> 00:24:14,552
to kill as many people
as Edward Auster has saved.
525
00:24:14,554 --> 00:24:16,954
Now I'm just trying to save you
from a mistaken perspective.
526
00:24:16,956 --> 00:24:19,957
Failing to perceive a
substantial and unjustified risk
527
00:24:19,959 --> 00:24:22,827
that might cause
Suzanne Morton's death--
528
00:24:22,829 --> 00:24:24,995
criminally negligent homicide.
529
00:24:24,997 --> 00:24:26,464
Consciously disregarding
530
00:24:26,465 --> 00:24:27,932
that substantial,
unjustified risk--
531
00:24:27,934 --> 00:24:29,600
manslaughter two.
532
00:24:33,706 --> 00:24:36,507
See you in court, Stone.
533
00:24:37,543 --> 00:24:39,810
Nevins is gonna flood
the witness stand
534
00:24:39,812 --> 00:24:42,947
with famous doctors
swearing that
Auster's a cross
535
00:24:42,949 --> 00:24:45,249
between Albert Schweitzer
and Albert Einstein.
536
00:24:45,251 --> 00:24:46,817
And we've got a father
537
00:24:46,819 --> 00:24:48,953
who was a medic
25 years ago?
538
00:24:48,955 --> 00:24:49,954
Morton took on heavy odds.
539
00:24:49,956 --> 00:24:51,822
Maybe we can
even them out.
540
00:24:51,824 --> 00:24:52,957
I want you
541
00:24:52,959 --> 00:24:55,593
to interview people
who know Auster.
542
00:24:55,595 --> 00:24:59,630
So, you're the dipstick
who's prosecuting Bud Auster.
543
00:24:59,632 --> 00:25:02,900
Is that what you call Dr. Auster
around the fishing hole?
544
00:25:02,902 --> 00:25:06,036
It's what I've called him
since the second grade.
545
00:25:06,038 --> 00:25:08,572
Some people do things
546
00:25:08,574 --> 00:25:10,207
and others...
547
00:25:10,209 --> 00:25:11,909
What do you and Auster do?
548
00:25:11,911 --> 00:25:14,578
We catch trout in Maine.
549
00:25:14,580 --> 00:25:15,779
Last time was in June.
550
00:25:15,781 --> 00:25:17,848
We sleep in the woods.
551
00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:19,917
Tell each other we're
just as young as we used to be.
552
00:25:19,919 --> 00:25:21,652
And drink?
553
00:25:21,654 --> 00:25:24,255
Somebody pass a law
against drunk fishing?
554
00:25:28,728 --> 00:25:30,728
I first admired America
555
00:25:30,730 --> 00:25:33,597
when I saw
Judgment at Nuremberg.
556
00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:36,300
Everybody pays for their crimes.
557
00:25:36,302 --> 00:25:40,004
I never thought
it would be me.
558
00:25:40,006 --> 00:25:45,276
There will be no prosecution
if you testify against Auster.
559
00:25:46,279 --> 00:25:48,746
And no job.
560
00:25:48,748 --> 00:25:52,683
I get to love America
and leave it.
561
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,021
Two or three times each month
he calls and says he's coming.
562
00:25:57,023 --> 00:26:00,691
He's always late
because he's drunk.
563
00:26:00,693 --> 00:26:04,094
Do you know
what they call those rounds?
564
00:26:04,096 --> 00:26:06,797
Liver rounds.
565
00:26:06,799 --> 00:26:08,332
Everyone knew.
566
00:26:08,334 --> 00:26:11,302
Suzanne Morton
did have pneumonia.
567
00:26:11,304 --> 00:26:13,771
Dr. Auster did
tell you to lie.
568
00:26:15,741 --> 00:26:18,876
I have flexible hours
in my training.
569
00:26:18,878 --> 00:26:21,745
Do you know
how important that is
570
00:26:21,747 --> 00:26:24,315
when you're raising a child?
571
00:26:24,317 --> 00:26:26,317
That's non-responsive, doctor.
572
00:26:26,319 --> 00:26:28,586
Auster didn't act drunk.
573
00:26:28,588 --> 00:26:30,287
He never acted drunk.
574
00:26:30,289 --> 00:26:32,623
But he was drunk,
wasn't he?
575
00:26:32,625 --> 00:26:34,858
He was always drunk
on liver rounds.
576
00:26:34,860 --> 00:26:37,361
Wasn't he?
577
00:26:39,699 --> 00:26:41,966
And he did tell you to lie,
578
00:26:41,968 --> 00:26:44,101
didn't he?
579
00:26:49,709 --> 00:26:51,909
That poor girl.
580
00:26:51,911 --> 00:26:57,114
All she needed was some aspirin
and an antibiotic.
581
00:26:58,918 --> 00:27:01,352
Am I going to lose my license?
582
00:27:03,723 --> 00:27:06,123
That's not my decision, Doctor.
583
00:27:06,125 --> 00:27:08,058
However, I will give you
584
00:27:08,060 --> 00:27:10,928
immunity from prosecution
for conspiracy
585
00:27:10,930 --> 00:27:12,262
if you testify.
586
00:27:16,102 --> 00:27:17,935
You suspect. You know.
587
00:27:17,937 --> 00:27:19,670
What are you going to do?
588
00:27:19,672 --> 00:27:21,805
Contact the medical society?
589
00:27:21,807 --> 00:27:25,643
Sure. Intern Steven Simonson
wishes to file a complaint
590
00:27:25,645 --> 00:27:28,679
against the leading cardiologist
in the United States?
591
00:27:29,682 --> 00:27:32,383
Look, I admitted Suzanne Morton.
592
00:27:32,385 --> 00:27:35,185
It looks like
I blew the diagnosis.
593
00:27:35,187 --> 00:27:37,755
Is that what's
bothering you?
594
00:27:44,930 --> 00:27:47,665
Six months ago,
I get this guy.
595
00:27:47,667 --> 00:27:48,932
He's 25 years old.
596
00:27:48,934 --> 00:27:50,934
He's basically healthy, right?
597
00:27:50,936 --> 00:27:52,069
He walks in
598
00:27:52,071 --> 00:27:54,204
with the worst headache
in his life.
599
00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:57,207
His neck is sore,
but that's ambiguous.
600
00:27:57,209 --> 00:27:59,009
And Auster showed up?
601
00:27:59,011 --> 00:28:01,011
He prescribes meperidine
for the headache,
602
00:28:01,013 --> 00:28:02,880
without a patient workup.
603
00:28:02,882 --> 00:28:04,882
It's the worst thing
he can do.
604
00:28:04,884 --> 00:28:07,117
It masks the symptoms
of meningitis,
605
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:08,719
which is what the guy had.
606
00:28:08,721 --> 00:28:11,422
We saved him...
barely.
607
00:28:11,424 --> 00:28:13,924
Now every time I see Auster
walk into the E.R.,
608
00:28:13,926 --> 00:28:16,160
I want to grab
whoever I'm treating
609
00:28:16,162 --> 00:28:18,162
and hide him in a closet.
610
00:28:18,164 --> 00:28:19,863
( door opening )
611
00:28:25,171 --> 00:28:28,005
Good afternoon, Dr. Simonson.
612
00:28:28,941 --> 00:28:30,174
Sir.
613
00:28:30,176 --> 00:28:33,444
That will be all,
thank you.
614
00:28:36,082 --> 00:28:37,815
So, are we early?
615
00:28:37,817 --> 00:28:41,218
from Dr. Simonson.
We got what we needed
616
00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:44,088
An intern, Mr. Stone.
617
00:28:44,090 --> 00:28:46,824
Are you planning on
asking the cleaning lady
618
00:28:46,826 --> 00:28:48,125
to testify, too?
619
00:28:48,127 --> 00:28:49,827
About the time
I threw the tissue
620
00:28:49,829 --> 00:28:52,096
into the waste paper
basket and missed?
621
00:28:52,098 --> 00:28:53,097
Ed, please.
622
00:28:53,099 --> 00:28:55,966
Every doctor
in this country
623
00:28:55,968 --> 00:28:58,235
has to worry about
some shyster lawyer
624
00:28:58,237 --> 00:29:00,003
suing for malpractice.
625
00:29:00,005 --> 00:29:04,141
Now we've got a prosecutor
looking over our shoulder.
626
00:29:04,143 --> 00:29:06,877
The next time
I write a prescription,
627
00:29:06,879 --> 00:29:09,813
am I supposed
to ask the Supreme Court
628
00:29:09,815 --> 00:29:11,181
to vote on the dosage?
629
00:29:11,183 --> 00:29:13,951
Look, Stone, you haven't got
a chance to convict.
630
00:29:13,953 --> 00:29:15,753
But this trial alone
can stain
631
00:29:15,755 --> 00:29:17,221
Dr. Auster's reputation.
632
00:29:17,223 --> 00:29:19,523
Are you proposing we give him
the Nobel Peace Prize
633
00:29:19,525 --> 00:29:20,891
and call it even?
634
00:29:20,893 --> 00:29:23,026
No. Adjournment with
an eye toward dismissal.
635
00:29:23,028 --> 00:29:27,030
Because of Dr. Auster,
a young woman is dead.
636
00:29:27,032 --> 00:29:29,199
A doctor, Mr. Stone,
is not a magician.
637
00:29:29,201 --> 00:29:30,768
drove drunk,
If you
638
00:29:30,770 --> 00:29:33,137
this would be
an open-and-shut case.
639
00:29:33,139 --> 00:29:35,973
When you practice medicine,
Mr. Stone,
640
00:29:35,975 --> 00:29:38,041
sometimes a patient dies.
641
00:29:38,043 --> 00:29:39,977
And when you're
a lawyer, Dr. Austin,
642
00:29:39,979 --> 00:29:43,847
some of the people
you prosecute are convicted.
643
00:29:45,117 --> 00:29:47,985
Defendant's Index, 1983.
644
00:29:47,987 --> 00:29:51,855
Where are computers
when you need them?
645
00:29:51,857 --> 00:29:53,257
Here's a little job for you.
646
00:29:53,259 --> 00:29:56,226
Keyboard every lawsuit
ever filed in New York County
647
00:29:56,228 --> 00:29:57,795
into a computer.
648
00:29:57,797 --> 00:30:00,531
Most malpractice
doesn't result in lawsuits.
649
00:30:00,533 --> 00:30:02,266
You got any better ideas?
650
00:30:02,268 --> 00:30:03,901
Go door to door?
651
00:30:03,902 --> 00:30:05,535
Ask if anybody saw
Auster kill the person?
652
00:30:05,538 --> 00:30:07,871
We're going
to do that next.
653
00:30:08,808 --> 00:30:10,073
Oh...
654
00:30:10,075 --> 00:30:13,076
I just saved us
a lot of shoe leather.
655
00:30:13,078 --> 00:30:14,945
"Stivic versus Auster.
656
00:30:14,947 --> 00:30:19,283
In re: The death
of Angela Stivic, age 11."
657
00:30:19,985 --> 00:30:21,585
When Dr. Auster's attorney
658
00:30:21,587 --> 00:30:24,321
told us they'd offer us
a settlement,
659
00:30:24,323 --> 00:30:26,323
my husband said, "Take it.
660
00:30:26,325 --> 00:30:27,825
"It will be over.
661
00:30:27,827 --> 00:30:30,594
"We can stop
thinking about Angela
662
00:30:30,596 --> 00:30:32,196
all the time."
663
00:30:34,033 --> 00:30:39,036
We bought the apartment
and the furniture.
664
00:30:39,038 --> 00:30:42,339
My husband
sat in the recliner once.
665
00:30:46,612 --> 00:30:47,978
I'm sorry.
666
00:30:50,583 --> 00:30:54,618
When Dr. Auster
came out of Angela's room
667
00:30:54,620 --> 00:30:58,055
to say
they couldn't stop the bleeding,
668
00:30:58,057 --> 00:31:01,158
I smelled liquor on his breath.
669
00:31:03,128 --> 00:31:05,095
Bourbon.
670
00:31:06,932 --> 00:31:09,933
All I wanted
was for Dr. Auster to say,
671
00:31:09,935 --> 00:31:11,935
"I killed Angela Stivic--
672
00:31:11,937 --> 00:31:16,139
the beautiful daughter
of George and Melanie Stivic."
673
00:31:18,644 --> 00:31:20,310
Excuse me.
674
00:31:22,348 --> 00:31:24,214
You know the difference
675
00:31:24,216 --> 00:31:27,284
between Auster
and a serial killer?
676
00:31:29,355 --> 00:31:31,889
The weapon.
677
00:31:39,164 --> 00:31:42,032
You objected to
administering meperidine?
678
00:31:42,034 --> 00:31:44,301
I suggested
acetaminophen,
679
00:31:44,303 --> 00:31:45,969
but Dr.Auster grew angry.
680
00:31:45,971 --> 00:31:47,337
He said if I didn't like
681
00:31:47,339 --> 00:31:49,139
the way the hospital
was being run,
682
00:31:49,141 --> 00:31:51,441
that I should continue
to do my training elsewhere.
683
00:31:51,443 --> 00:31:54,211
Thank you, doctor.
684
00:31:54,213 --> 00:31:56,179
Do you know how long Dr. Auster
685
00:31:56,181 --> 00:31:59,016
has been practicing medicine
Dr. Reesah?
686
00:31:59,018 --> 00:32:00,417
Raza.
687
00:32:00,419 --> 00:32:01,551
I don't know.
688
00:32:01,553 --> 00:32:03,387
25 years, maybe?
689
00:32:03,389 --> 00:32:06,990
And do you know
where he went to medical school?
690
00:32:06,992 --> 00:32:09,026
Harvard, I believe.
691
00:32:09,028 --> 00:32:10,527
That's correct.
692
00:32:10,529 --> 00:32:13,297
How long have you been
a doctor?
693
00:32:13,299 --> 00:32:14,998
Two years, sir.
694
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,266
I see.
695
00:32:16,268 --> 00:32:18,969
Where did you go
to medical school?
696
00:32:18,971 --> 00:32:23,140
At the University
of Peshawar.
697
00:32:23,142 --> 00:32:25,342
Thank you.
698
00:32:27,346 --> 00:32:30,080
STONE:
Dr. Mills, were you
present on March 15,
699
00:32:30,082 --> 00:32:32,082
when Suzanne Morton
was admitted?
700
00:32:32,084 --> 00:32:33,984
Yes.
701
00:32:33,986 --> 00:32:35,485
And what was your reaction
702
00:32:35,487 --> 00:32:38,021
when Dr. Auster prepared
to inject Suzanne Morton
703
00:32:38,023 --> 00:32:40,223
with meperidine?
704
00:32:40,225 --> 00:32:44,995
I said her chart showed
she was taking phenelzine.
705
00:32:44,997 --> 00:32:48,031
Meperidine was contraindicated.
706
00:32:48,033 --> 00:32:50,500
And where do you go
to medical school?
707
00:32:50,502 --> 00:32:53,103
Harvard.
708
00:32:53,105 --> 00:32:55,205
Thank you.
709
00:33:00,245 --> 00:33:02,646
So, in your expert opinion,
710
00:33:02,648 --> 00:33:04,114
the administration of meperidine
711
00:33:04,116 --> 00:33:06,149
in conjunction with phenelzine
712
00:33:06,151 --> 00:33:08,118
killed Suzanne Morton?
713
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:09,386
That's correct.
714
00:33:09,388 --> 00:33:11,154
No further questions.
715
00:33:11,156 --> 00:33:13,090
But isn't it true
716
00:33:13,092 --> 00:33:17,060
that you had to run
a second toxicological screen
717
00:33:17,062 --> 00:33:18,161
to even find meperidine
718
00:33:18,163 --> 00:33:21,164
and phenelzine in Suzanne
Morton's body?
719
00:33:21,166 --> 00:33:25,068
That's because both drugs
are unusual unto themselves...
720
00:33:25,070 --> 00:33:27,137
Thank you, Doctor.
721
00:33:27,139 --> 00:33:28,538
...and would not be found
unless specifically requested...
722
00:33:28,540 --> 00:33:29,573
Thank you, Doctor!
723
00:33:29,575 --> 00:33:31,408
...which they were.
724
00:33:31,410 --> 00:33:35,312
Isn't it possible that pneumonia
killed Suzanne Morton?
725
00:33:35,314 --> 00:33:39,282
It's possible that death rays
from Mars killed her...
726
00:33:39,284 --> 00:33:41,084
( spectators laughing )
727
00:33:41,086 --> 00:33:43,286
...but I don't think so.
728
00:33:49,328 --> 00:33:51,294
Dr. Auster must have
spoken to you
729
00:33:51,296 --> 00:33:52,462
during the course of the party.
730
00:33:52,464 --> 00:33:54,231
Every five minutes.
731
00:33:54,233 --> 00:33:55,599
"Fill 'er up."
732
00:33:55,601 --> 00:33:57,367
Was his speech slurred?
733
00:33:57,369 --> 00:33:59,169
Not so I remember.
734
00:33:59,171 --> 00:34:02,105
Did he seem drunk in any way?
735
00:34:02,107 --> 00:34:05,475
I never saw anyone
hold his liquor better.
736
00:34:11,183 --> 00:34:13,717
During your years of research
737
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:15,585
into alcoholism, Dr. Walters,
738
00:34:15,587 --> 00:34:18,455
have you observed people
who appear to be sober
739
00:34:18,457 --> 00:34:20,457
but are in fact drunk?
740
00:34:20,459 --> 00:34:22,292
It happens all the time.
741
00:34:22,294 --> 00:34:24,194
It could happen to Dr. Auster?
742
00:34:24,196 --> 00:34:25,495
Objection.
743
00:34:25,497 --> 00:34:27,197
It could happen
to my Aunt Minnie,
744
00:34:27,199 --> 00:34:29,099
but it doesn't.
Sustained.
745
00:34:29,101 --> 00:34:33,136
I'll rephrase the question.
746
00:34:33,138 --> 00:34:40,744
If a 55-year-old man,
weighing 185 pounds,
747
00:34:40,746 --> 00:34:44,381
having consumed ten shots
of bourbon in two hours,
748
00:34:44,383 --> 00:34:48,118
appears to be
stone-cold sober,
749
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,687
does that mean
he is in fact
750
00:34:50,689 --> 00:34:52,489
in full possession
of his faculties?
751
00:34:52,491 --> 00:34:54,424
No.
752
00:34:54,426 --> 00:34:58,395
Now, if that same 55-year-old,
man weighing 185 pounds
753
00:34:58,397 --> 00:35:04,601
has several drinks, and he
appears to be quite sober,
754
00:35:04,603 --> 00:35:06,636
but makes a mistake,
755
00:35:06,638 --> 00:35:08,572
would that mistake
756
00:35:08,573 --> 00:35:10,507
necessarily be caused
by his drinking
757
00:35:10,509 --> 00:35:12,776
or might he have made
that mistake anyway?
758
00:35:12,778 --> 00:35:15,779
Obviously,
that's impossible to say.
759
00:35:15,781 --> 00:35:19,716
You'd have to be
that 55-year-old man to know.
760
00:35:29,795 --> 00:35:32,295
We've got Auster drunk
at Suzanne Morton's bedside,
761
00:35:32,297 --> 00:35:33,663
prescribing the medicine
that killed her.
762
00:35:33,665 --> 00:35:36,533
Why do I feel like
we're on the ropes?
763
00:35:36,535 --> 00:35:38,702
We're going back over
every shred of evidence
764
00:35:38,704 --> 00:35:40,470
and find out what we missed.
765
00:35:40,472 --> 00:35:42,239
Just because
Auster's brilliant
766
00:35:42,241 --> 00:35:44,574
doesn't mean he didn't do
something dumb.
767
00:35:44,576 --> 00:35:46,610
And, cheer up,
we got all weekend.
768
00:35:51,283 --> 00:35:53,416
Over the past five years,
769
00:35:53,418 --> 00:35:55,418
the state health department
has been notified
770
00:35:55,420 --> 00:35:57,354
of six adverse occurrences
771
00:35:57,356 --> 00:35:58,622
in the Urban Medical Center
emergency room.
772
00:35:58,624 --> 00:36:01,758
"Adverse occurrences."
Nice phrase.
773
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:03,760
They were people who died
774
00:36:03,762 --> 00:36:05,762
for reasons
not immediately clear.
775
00:36:05,764 --> 00:36:07,764
In all six cases,
no fault was found.
776
00:36:07,766 --> 00:36:09,299
Five of the cases
happened on nights
777
00:36:09,301 --> 00:36:12,369
Dr. Auster happened to be
in the emergency room.
778
00:36:12,371 --> 00:36:13,770
Interesting.
779
00:36:13,772 --> 00:36:15,405
Not evidence.
780
00:36:15,407 --> 00:36:17,674
Suzanne Morton,
Angela Stivic,
781
00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:20,377
a 25-year-old guy
with meningitis.
782
00:36:20,379 --> 00:36:22,379
Now statistical anomalies.
783
00:36:22,381 --> 00:36:24,581
This is beyond
coincidence.
784
00:36:24,583 --> 00:36:25,782
In the case
of the Morton girl,
785
00:36:25,784 --> 00:36:28,852
you cannot prove
that he crossed the line
786
00:36:28,854 --> 00:36:33,456
between criminal recklessness
and unfortunate mistake.
787
00:36:33,458 --> 00:36:36,459
If he knew he was an alcoholic,
788
00:36:36,461 --> 00:36:40,864
then drinking before work
was criminally reckless.
789
00:36:40,866 --> 00:36:43,333
The crime
did not take place
790
00:36:43,335 --> 00:36:45,268
in the emergency room.
791
00:36:45,270 --> 00:36:48,238
It took place
at the cocktail party.
792
00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:50,740
Excellent.
793
00:36:50,742 --> 00:36:54,578
Okay, okay, I'm an alcoholic,
and I know I'm an alcoholic.
794
00:36:54,580 --> 00:36:56,780
What do I do, buy liquor?
795
00:36:56,782 --> 00:37:00,483
We've got charge receipts
for enough bourbon to prove...
796
00:37:00,485 --> 00:37:01,785
It proves he drank.
797
00:37:01,787 --> 00:37:04,788
It doesn't prove
he knew he was a drunk.
798
00:37:04,790 --> 00:37:06,823
Go to A.A. meetings?
799
00:37:06,825 --> 00:37:10,293
We can't canvas hundreds of A.A.
meetings for tomorrow afternoon,
800
00:37:10,295 --> 00:37:12,395
and there are no A.A. meetings
801
00:37:12,397 --> 00:37:14,264
in his calendar.
802
00:37:14,266 --> 00:37:15,565
Whoa.
803
00:37:17,402 --> 00:37:18,802
What?
804
00:37:18,804 --> 00:37:20,804
Whenever he left town,
805
00:37:20,806 --> 00:37:24,274
he called the office
every day, collect...
806
00:37:24,276 --> 00:37:26,910
except on
his last fishing trip.
807
00:37:26,912 --> 00:37:30,814
STONE:
Where did you spend the week
of June 10, Mr. Hoffman?
808
00:37:30,816 --> 00:37:32,882
In Maine, fishing.
809
00:37:32,884 --> 00:37:35,318
Was Edward Auster with you?
810
00:37:45,397 --> 00:37:48,365
Was Edward Auster with you?
811
00:37:49,935 --> 00:37:52,502
No.
812
00:37:52,504 --> 00:37:55,905
Did he ask you to tell people
that he had been
813
00:37:55,907 --> 00:37:58,541
with you on that trip?
814
00:37:58,543 --> 00:37:59,809
Yes.
815
00:37:59,811 --> 00:38:01,878
Why was that, Mr. Hoffman?
816
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:05,749
He didn't want anyone to know
where he was.
817
00:38:05,751 --> 00:38:08,718
Why was that?
818
00:38:10,822 --> 00:38:12,922
He was embarrassed.
819
00:38:12,924 --> 00:38:14,658
And why was that?
820
00:38:16,561 --> 00:38:19,562
He checked himself
into a clinic.
821
00:38:19,564 --> 00:38:20,964
What clinic?
822
00:38:20,966 --> 00:38:22,866
The Colson Clinic.
823
00:38:22,868 --> 00:38:25,869
What kind of clinic
824
00:38:25,871 --> 00:38:29,339
is the Colson Clinic?
825
00:38:29,341 --> 00:38:31,441
Mr. Hoffman?
826
00:38:31,443 --> 00:38:34,344
It's a substance abuse clinic.
827
00:38:34,346 --> 00:38:35,979
Thank you.
828
00:38:45,657 --> 00:38:48,558
In his first group sessions at
the clinic, Dr. Auster told us
829
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:51,428
he had gone through college
in three years,
830
00:38:51,430 --> 00:38:53,863
and he became
chief of medicine
831
00:38:53,865 --> 00:38:56,599
at a major New York hospital
in only ten years.
832
00:38:56,601 --> 00:38:58,468
STONE:
Anything else?
833
00:38:58,470 --> 00:39:01,771
I believe
he also mentioned
834
00:39:01,773 --> 00:39:03,873
that he skipped
fifth grade.
835
00:39:03,875 --> 00:39:07,377
Dr. Auster had
very little patience
836
00:39:07,379 --> 00:39:09,379
with our program.
837
00:39:09,381 --> 00:39:12,749
How long does
your treatment program last?
838
00:39:12,751 --> 00:39:14,384
28 days.
839
00:39:14,386 --> 00:39:16,753
How long did
Dr. Auster stay?
840
00:39:16,755 --> 00:39:18,621
Six days, he left
against our advice..
841
00:39:18,623 --> 00:39:20,023
STONE:
Would you say
842
00:39:20,025 --> 00:39:22,459
that Dr. Auster knew
he was an alcoholic
843
00:39:22,461 --> 00:39:24,394
by the time he left?
844
00:39:24,396 --> 00:39:27,897
He would never have come in
the first place if he hadn't.
845
00:39:27,899 --> 00:39:30,033
I have no further questions.
846
00:39:30,035 --> 00:39:32,435
Are you positive?
847
00:39:36,007 --> 00:39:38,775
Now I am going to ask you
to limit your responses
848
00:39:38,777 --> 00:39:40,977
to a simple "yes" or "no,"
849
00:39:40,979 --> 00:39:44,581
so we can avoid the subjective
flights of fantasy
850
00:39:44,583 --> 00:39:47,584
that your last statement
exemplified.
851
00:39:47,586 --> 00:39:50,520
Do you understand my request,
Dr. Rasmussen?
852
00:39:50,522 --> 00:39:51,921
Yes.
853
00:39:51,923 --> 00:39:54,057
Good. Thank you.
854
00:39:54,059 --> 00:39:59,996
Now, did Dr. Auster say to you,
"I am an alcoholic"?
855
00:39:59,998 --> 00:40:02,065
No.
856
00:40:02,067 --> 00:40:05,435
In fact,
didn't Dr. Auster say to you
857
00:40:05,437 --> 00:40:07,704
"I am not an alcoholic"?
858
00:40:07,706 --> 00:40:09,539
You must...
859
00:40:09,541 --> 00:40:12,442
Yes or no, Dr. Rasmussen,
please.
860
00:40:12,444 --> 00:40:15,612
Did he say
"I am not an alcoholic"?
861
00:40:20,485 --> 00:40:22,485
Yes.
862
00:40:25,490 --> 00:40:27,524
No more questions.
863
00:40:27,526 --> 00:40:29,893
JUDGE:
You may step down, Doctor.
864
00:40:29,895 --> 00:40:33,630
STONE:
Did Dr. Auster
discuss his drinking with you?
865
00:40:33,632 --> 00:40:37,567
Anything that transpired
between Dr. Auster and myself
866
00:40:37,569 --> 00:40:40,570
is protected
by patient-doctor privilege.
867
00:40:40,572 --> 00:40:44,007
But as well as patient
and doctor, you're friends?
868
00:40:44,009 --> 00:40:45,542
We are.
869
00:40:45,544 --> 00:40:48,645
Where did you have lunch
with him on June 7th?
870
00:40:48,647 --> 00:40:50,046
In your office?
871
00:40:50,048 --> 00:40:51,781
No.
872
00:40:51,783 --> 00:40:53,750
At the Four Seasons.
873
00:40:53,752 --> 00:40:57,053
Did you conduct your physical
examination of Dr. Auster there?
874
00:40:57,055 --> 00:40:59,722
Uh, no.
875
00:40:59,724 --> 00:41:03,927
Did you bill him for your time?
876
00:41:05,564 --> 00:41:07,063
No, it was a, uh...
877
00:41:07,065 --> 00:41:09,065
A friendly lunch.
878
00:41:09,067 --> 00:41:11,000
Yes.
879
00:41:11,002 --> 00:41:13,670
So, privilege is not
880
00:41:13,672 --> 00:41:15,605
an issue here.
881
00:41:15,607 --> 00:41:17,006
Did you say
882
00:41:17,008 --> 00:41:20,076
anything during
your friendly lunch
883
00:41:20,078 --> 00:41:22,612
that upset him?
884
00:41:22,614 --> 00:41:24,047
Doctor?
885
00:41:25,851 --> 00:41:27,851
I... I...
886
00:41:27,853 --> 00:41:30,053
I told him that, uh...
887
00:41:30,055 --> 00:41:36,559
if he didn't stop drinking,
he'd be dead in five years.
888
00:41:43,802 --> 00:41:45,802
Thank you.
889
00:41:45,804 --> 00:41:48,137
Does the defense wish to begin
or do you prefer to break
890
00:41:48,139 --> 00:41:50,907
for an early lunch, Mr. Nevis?
891
00:41:50,909 --> 00:41:52,726
If it please the court,
892
00:41:52,727 --> 00:41:54,544
the defense can bring its one
witness before noon.
893
00:41:54,546 --> 00:41:55,912
Proceed.
894
00:41:55,914 --> 00:41:57,814
The defense calls
895
00:41:57,816 --> 00:41:59,949
Dr. Edward Auster.
896
00:42:03,788 --> 00:42:08,057
...and so the tragic death
of a six-year-old
897
00:42:08,059 --> 00:42:13,563
led to sight for one child
and a new heart for another.
898
00:42:13,565 --> 00:42:16,165
The boy who got the heart,
is now the star shortstop
899
00:42:16,167 --> 00:42:18,801
for a little league
baseball team.
900
00:42:18,803 --> 00:42:22,038
NEVINS:
And finally, how many doctors
and immediately family members
901
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:25,141
have you treated
in the past ten years?
902
00:42:26,978 --> 00:42:30,046
I... I really have no idea.
903
00:42:30,048 --> 00:42:32,081
Well, I do.
I did some research.
904
00:42:32,083 --> 00:42:34,350
Over 300.
905
00:42:34,351 --> 00:42:36,618
So it seems that you're
the kind of doctor whose hands
906
00:42:36,621 --> 00:42:39,155
other doctors
put their lives in.
907
00:42:39,157 --> 00:42:43,126
I certainly hope
I've lived up to that trust.
908
00:42:43,128 --> 00:42:45,094
Oh, brother.
909
00:42:45,096 --> 00:42:47,030
The defense rests, Your Honor.
910
00:42:47,032 --> 00:42:50,600
Mr. Stone, the hour's almost up.
911
00:42:50,602 --> 00:42:51,935
Could you hold your
cross-examination
912
00:42:51,937 --> 00:42:53,603
until after lunch?
913
00:42:53,605 --> 00:42:54,971
Of course, Your Honor.
914
00:42:54,973 --> 00:42:56,172
( gavel pounding )
915
00:42:57,108 --> 00:42:58,641
Good job.
916
00:42:58,643 --> 00:42:59,976
Thanks a million.
917
00:43:08,653 --> 00:43:10,987
( whispering )
918
00:43:14,192 --> 00:43:16,726
( indistinct conversation )
919
00:43:43,021 --> 00:43:45,221
( whispering )
920
00:43:47,292 --> 00:43:49,225
That many?
921
00:43:50,295 --> 00:43:52,795
So then you do think
patients should know
922
00:43:52,797 --> 00:43:55,098
as much as possible
about the doctors
that treat them?
923
00:43:55,100 --> 00:43:58,034
Yes, of course, where he was
trained and who trained him.
924
00:43:58,036 --> 00:43:59,802
Personal habits?
925
00:43:59,804 --> 00:44:02,205
I don't see why.
926
00:44:02,207 --> 00:44:07,110
Unless it impacts upon
his ability as a physician.
927
00:44:07,112 --> 00:44:10,013
Well, let's talk
about that.
928
00:44:13,952 --> 00:44:16,319
Have you had
a drink today?
929
00:44:16,321 --> 00:44:18,955
Objection, Your Honor,
relevancy.
930
00:44:18,957 --> 00:44:21,024
I'll allow it.
931
00:44:23,228 --> 00:44:25,161
Yes.
932
00:44:25,163 --> 00:44:27,864
More than one?
933
00:44:30,235 --> 00:44:32,101
Yes.
934
00:44:33,938 --> 00:44:36,072
How many more than one?
935
00:44:41,079 --> 00:44:43,046
I'm not sure.
936
00:44:43,048 --> 00:44:47,316
Do you recall, was it
between two and five drinks?
937
00:44:47,318 --> 00:44:50,186
I don't recall.
938
00:44:50,188 --> 00:44:52,088
Doctor, is it not a fact
939
00:44:52,090 --> 00:44:55,224
that you had six bourbons
on the rocks
940
00:44:55,226 --> 00:44:58,861
at Chances Pub
not 45 minutes ago?
941
00:44:58,863 --> 00:45:00,797
Objection, Your Honor.
942
00:45:00,799 --> 00:45:02,031
JUDGE:
I'll allow it.
943
00:45:02,033 --> 00:45:03,232
Let's move on, Mr. Stone.
944
00:45:03,234 --> 00:45:05,301
the well, Doctor Auster?
Would you step into
945
00:45:05,303 --> 00:45:08,971
no need for Dr. Auster to stand.
Objection, Your Honor, there's
946
00:45:08,973 --> 00:45:11,974
Side-bar, please,
Your Honor.
947
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:17,914
What's going on, Mr. Stone?
948
00:45:17,916 --> 00:45:19,348
Does Dr. Auster look
drunk to you, Your Honor?
949
00:45:19,350 --> 00:45:20,983
What the hell is that
supposed to mean?
950
00:45:20,985 --> 00:45:22,251
I must be allowed to show
951
00:45:22,253 --> 00:45:24,153
Dr. Auster is in the courtroom
and he's drunk.
952
00:45:24,155 --> 00:45:26,089
Your Honor,
I strenuously
object to this.
953
00:45:26,091 --> 00:45:27,290
Overruled.
954
00:45:27,292 --> 00:45:29,258
Proceed, Mr. Stone.
955
00:45:29,260 --> 00:45:33,062
Step into the well,
Doctor.
956
00:45:38,002 --> 00:45:40,236
This is the New York City
Police Department Manual.
957
00:45:40,238 --> 00:45:44,874
I'm going to administer
a standard test
958
00:45:44,876 --> 00:45:48,344
to determine whether a person
is operating a motor vehicle
959
00:45:48,346 --> 00:45:50,279
under the influence.
960
00:45:50,281 --> 00:45:52,882
This is an outrage.
961
00:45:52,884 --> 00:45:55,351
Do as Mr. Stone instructs you,
Doctor.
962
00:45:58,156 --> 00:46:02,024
Raise your arm
to the level of your shoulder,
963
00:46:02,026 --> 00:46:04,327
close your eyes,
964
00:46:04,329 --> 00:46:09,365
and point to your nose
with your index finger.
965
00:46:27,118 --> 00:46:29,051
WOMAN:
Dr. Auster, will you
appeal the verdict?
966
00:46:29,053 --> 00:46:31,387
No, I'm sorry. Please...
967
00:46:36,294 --> 00:46:38,361
Congratulations.
968
00:46:41,966 --> 00:46:44,100
How did you know?
969
00:46:45,904 --> 00:46:48,304
Um...
970
00:46:48,306 --> 00:46:51,174
My father.
971
00:46:51,176 --> 00:46:54,410
Every day at lunch.