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00:00Man, woman, birth, death, infinity.
00:30Man, woman, birth, death, infinity.
01:00Man, woman, birth, death, infinity.
01:30Man, woman, birth, death, infinity.
01:59Man, woman, birth, death, infinity.
02:29Man, woman, birth, death, infinity.
02:33Red blanket, Miss Wills, auto accident.
02:35Dr. Cain, red blanket.
02:38It's all right, Kathy, I'm right here.
02:40You better wait outside, Mrs. Reed.
02:42Doctor will talk to you as soon as he examines her.
02:44I'm not leaving, Kathy, not till I know where she is.
02:47Oh, doctor, doctor, she hurt badly.
02:49Is this the child's mother?
02:51Mrs. Reed, doctor.
02:52How did it happen?
02:54I was driving along the highway and Kathy was in the back seat.
02:57She must have opened the door by mistake.
02:58She fell out.
02:59How fast were you traveling?
03:0045 or 50.
03:02Can't you do something for her?
03:02Will you please try to be calm, Mrs. Reed?
03:04We're going to take good care of her.
03:05Where's Dr. Casey?
03:06The dining room.
03:07She's having dinner.
03:07Get him on the phone.
03:08Yes, doctor.
03:08Kathy, I'm right here.
03:09Let's get her inside.
03:11Kathy.
03:12She won't answer me.
03:13She can't hear me.
03:15What's wrong with her?
03:16Would you page Dr. Casey, please?
03:17Emergency.
03:19Thanks.
03:19She won't answer me?
03:20Doctor, why doesn't she answer me now?
03:22You're crazy.
03:22Stay outside, Mrs. Reed.
03:22We'll let you know how she is.
03:23What kind of a mother do you think I am?
03:24I'm staying with Kathy.
03:25You'll only be in the way.
03:26I said I'm staying with Kathy.
03:27Why don't you keep trying to get rid of me?
03:28No one is trying to get rid of me.
03:29No, I don't like this place.
03:30I'm not sure I trust you.
03:31Give her a pheno.
03:32Maybe that'll fire her down.
03:33Kathy, please, mommy.
03:33Can you talk to me, darling?
03:34Excuse me, please, Mrs. Reed.
03:35Can you tell what it is yet?
03:37Here you are.
03:37Take this little help.
03:38I don't need any help.
03:39It's my little girl who needs help.
03:40I'm all right.
03:41Don't worry about me.
03:41Of course, you're just upset.
03:42This'll help calm you.
03:43What is it?
03:44It's a sedative.
03:44Oh, no, I don't want it.
03:45Please, Mrs. Reed.
03:46I said I don't want it.
03:48Don't you understand English?
03:50Dr. Kane.
03:51Kathy, darling.
03:52Hello, doctor.
03:53We've got this red blanket from MAR.
03:56Well, what's it look like?
03:58I see.
04:00Well, there's nothing much you can do about the mother.
04:02No, stop the girl on sailing.
04:04I'll be right up.
04:05Yes, bye-bye.
04:17You know a good preventative for gastritis, doctor?
04:20Mine or yours?
04:23Get back to the ward, Ben Casey.
04:26You can think of food another time.
04:28How long will you be gone?
04:30Just for a day.
04:32One whole day to myself and a half to talk to a graduating class of medical students.
04:36Lots of rest and relaxation.
04:40Do me a favor and stay out of trouble while I'm gone.
04:43Well, you do me a favor and warn those medical students to quit while they're ahead.
04:47I'll warn them about stubborn and hard-headed chief residents.
04:51I'm taking along your photograph to illustrate my lecture.
04:55So long, doctor.
04:56See you when you get back.
04:57Colin.
05:15Call it.
05:32Heads.
05:34What do you know, Tails?
05:40Now, what else can I do for you?
05:41You work around here?
05:42Yes, I'm a doctor.
05:44That's a switch.
05:45Where does an alien go to register?
05:47What for?
05:48I don't know.
05:49I'm just looking for the magic door to this place.
05:51In or out?
05:51In.
05:52I'm reporting for observation.
05:53Would you believe that?
05:54Who sent you?
05:55My doctor.
05:56Who else?
05:57Well, you want the main admitting desk,
05:59and it's down that corridor and to the right.
06:01Thank you, big doctor.
06:03For everything.
06:04Anytime.
06:06Oh, say, listen.
06:07If I get lost, don't you send the same Bernard's.
06:09You come yourself, hear?
06:13What's that?
06:18What are you doing?
06:19Giving her a saline solution, Mrs. Reed.
06:21Saline, what's that?
06:22Just plain salt and water.
06:24Just salt?
06:25That's all.
06:26If Dr. Casey gets here, he'll have to decide what further treatment together.
06:29Well, I thought you were a doctor.
06:30Isn't he a doctor?
06:31Yes, he's the intern on duty.
06:33Intern?
06:35I don't want an intern.
06:36I want a doctor.
06:37A real doctor.
06:38We're all qualified here, lady, and that includes Dr. Cain.
06:44Who are you?
06:46I'm Dr. Casey, and who are you?
06:49I'm Mrs. Reed.
06:50I'm this little girl's mother.
06:51Mrs. Reed, I'd say that your little girl's in serious condition, and we're going to do
06:59all we can to help her, but you'll make our job a lot easier if you leave the treatment
07:02room.
07:03Look, I told them, and I'll tell you, I'm not leaving this room.
07:06I want to know everything you're doing to my little girl.
07:08I can't do more than ask you to leave, Mrs. Reed, but I will insist that you stop interfering.
07:13No serious external bleeding.
07:37What's the hemoglobin?
07:38Ten grams.
07:40That's likely to drop if there's any degree of internal bleeding.
07:42Miss Wills, send up for some blood.
07:45This child needs a transfusion.
07:47She needs nothing of the kind.
07:49What?
07:51No blood transfusion.
07:52I forbid it.
07:53Look, will you go outside and stop bothering us?
07:55We've got a job to do.
07:56I said I forbid it.
07:58No blood transfusion.
07:59Is that clear?
08:01Look, Mrs. Reed, somewhere inside your little girl, she's bleeding.
08:05She's losing blood.
08:06Now, if we don't replace that blood, her condition's going to become very critical.
08:10Can you understand that?
08:10I will never allow it.
08:11Never.
08:13But you better change your mind.
08:14She's a very small girl.
08:15She doesn't have much blood to lose.
08:16Look, I'll say it once and for all.
08:18I will not have you pumping someone else's blood into my little girl's body.
08:21And why not?
08:22Because it's against every law of nature.
08:24I don't believe in it.
08:26The body is a temple.
08:27It's sacred.
08:28To put somebody else's blood into it is sacred.
08:30It's worse than a vaccination.
08:32It's a violation of nature.
08:34It's unclean.
08:36It's dirty.
08:37Dirty.
08:38Dirty?
08:38Dirty.
08:38Yes.
08:39Like a lot of your so-called new methods.
08:41Transplanting skin.
08:42Animal serum.
08:43It's filthy.
08:48Look, Mrs. Reed.
08:50You brought the child here for help.
08:52You signed the release, giving us permission to do what we deem advisable.
08:55I don't care what I signed.
08:56I know my rights.
08:58I'm putting you on notice, doctor.
09:00Then you expressly forbid us to give this child a transfusion.
09:03Yes!
09:04Will you at least let us use some plasma?
09:06Absolutely not.
09:07That's just another word for blood.
09:10Then I'm afraid there's nothing we can do for your little girl.
09:16Well, then I'll take her home.
09:18Where's that?
09:19Allendale.
09:20That's 70 miles away.
09:23I'll get an ambulance.
09:25But you better find a mortuary along the way.
09:27She'll never make it.
09:28How do I get an ambulance?
09:30Mrs. Wills, order an ambulance and prepare a formal statement for relieving this hospital
09:36of all responsibility.
09:37Make sure she signs it before she leaves.
09:40Kathy.
09:40The pause is increased.
09:43Breathing is labored.
09:44Dr. Kane, that is not our patient.
09:46We are not treating her.
09:47She is not our responsibility.
09:49Mrs. Reed, would you sign here, please?
09:52Full name and present address.
09:55Goodbye, Mrs. Reed, and good luck.
10:02Kathy.
10:04Dr. Casey.
10:07All right.
10:09She can stay.
10:10That's better.
10:12Call Murphy in orthopedics.
10:13Has them up right away.
10:13Yes, doctor.
10:14Miss Wilson, down with some blood.
10:15We'll need two units to start with.
10:17No blood.
10:17What?
10:20Kathy can stay, Ella.
10:22I'll let you treat her, but...
10:23No blood transfusion.
10:25Is that clear?
10:26Mrs. Reed, you're tying our hands.
10:28If she doesn't get blood soon, she's very likely to die.
10:32No blood.
10:32Yeah, her neck and arms appear to be intact.
10:53There's a fairly large contusion here.
10:55Clavicle and shoulder seem to be all right.
11:00Blood pressure's dropping.
11:01She's losing blood somewhere.
11:02Her belly seems fairly soft.
11:04Definite bowel sounds present.
11:05Certainly not rigid.
11:06I'll bet on a comminuted pelvic fracture.
11:18My guess is she's piling up blood in the retroperitoneal space.
11:21What about x-rays?
11:22Technician's on his way up now.
11:23We ordered a chest dabbed in the pelvis.
11:25We'll get a lateral on the pelvis, too.
11:27Good.
11:27You do a four-quadrant tap?
11:29Mm-mm.
11:29Just about to.
11:30Call me when you've got your reports in.
11:32In the meantime, you'll start transfusing her, huh?
11:35No dice.
11:36Yes, we've got to keep on synthetic plasma.
11:38What?
11:39Mother's orders doesn't believe in transfusions, among other things.
11:44Wow.
11:46What are you guys going to do?
11:48If the kid continues bleeding,
11:50you're not going to hold her with plasma expanders.
11:53That's right, Jim.
11:53We won't.
11:54How about the kid's father?
11:56Maybe he'll give permission.
11:57He's dead.
11:58Mother's the sole guardian, and she's the only child.
12:01Mrs. Reed's going to be a lonely woman.
12:06Suspected herniated cervical disc with radicular pain along the nerves to the arm.
12:24What's the patient's name?
12:25Linda Miller.
12:25Well, well, if it isn't a small hospital.
12:31Hello, Miss Miller.
12:32Linda, to you.
12:33Hello, yourself.
12:34Oh, come on.
12:35I thought I told you not to bring a watchdog.
12:37This is Miss Wills, and she doesn't bite.
12:40Yeah, she better not.
12:42Linda, we'd like some more information.
12:44Your history isn't very complete.
12:46Yeah, I bet it isn't.
12:47When did all this start?
12:49Well, a couple of months ago, three, four, maybe.
12:54See, I took a vacation, went to the beach for a couple of weeks to rest,
12:57and that's when the pain started.
12:59Oh.
12:59Shooting pains, you know, here in the neck and in the arms,
13:03and sometimes it goes right down to the fingertips.
13:05Now, that's when it really drives me nuts.
13:08Let's take a look.
13:08Let's take a look.
13:17Just rest you around there, that's it.
13:37Now, let me know if this is sharp.
13:39Not so sharp.
13:41How about this?
13:42Yeah.
13:44This?
13:46No.
13:47How about that?
13:48What are you trying to do?
13:49Be funny or something?
13:50Sorry.
13:52Your leg, Miss Wills.
13:53Did you lie down?
14:02What do you think, Doc?
14:04About what?
14:07Forget it.
14:17Sit up, please.
14:20Oh, boy.
14:27Now, breathe.
14:31Breathe.
14:37Once more, please.
14:38How long have you had these?
14:52What?
14:53These lumps in your neck.
14:55I don't know.
14:56A couple of months, maybe.
15:02So, am I anemic?
15:04I think there's more to it than that.
15:06It's possible the whole trouble can be diagnosed from one of those lumps.
15:10I'd like to take one out and have them look at it under a microscope.
15:14Operation?
15:14It's a mighty big word for a little thing.
15:16It's called a biopsy.
15:18When?
15:20How about tomorrow?
15:24Help yourself, big doctor.
15:26This one's on the house.
15:31It's a comminuted fracture, no doubt about that.
15:34What did you fellas come up with?
15:35We did a four-quadrant tap.
15:37There's no free blood in the abdominal cavity.
15:39That pretty well rules out a ruptured spleen or a lacerated liver.
15:43The hemoglobin started a definite fall.
15:45Pulse is up to 120 and the pressure's down to 70.
15:48Which leaves us just where we thought we'd be.
15:50The girl needs blood and she needs it now.
15:52Now, so what's the answer?
15:54We can't go ahead without the mother's permission.
15:55And we can't stand around and watch the kid die either.
15:58I think twice before doing anything rash, Ben.
16:00If that mother's as fanatical as you say,
16:03she won't wait long to throw a lawsuit at you.
16:05She'd wipe you out for the next 20 years.
16:08Maybe I can shake her up a bit.
16:21Mrs. Reed?
16:23Mrs. Reed?
16:25How's Kathy?
16:26She's getting worse.
16:28Synthetic plasma isn't helping.
16:30She needs whole blood, Mrs. Reed, and she needs it now.
16:33Look, Dr. Casey, we went off...
16:34But she's going to die.
16:35Please, let me give her a transfusion.
16:36Dr. Casey, I know you mean well,
16:38but there's certain things people just don't agree on.
16:40They never will.
16:41Look, Mrs....
16:41You must run across it every day in your profession.
16:43Six years ago, my husband died.
16:46They thought they could save him, too.
16:47Some sort of injections, they said, animal vaccines, things like that.
16:52But George held firm with his beliefs.
16:54He preferred to die before he let something unnatural enter his body.
16:58And that's why I can't let you put blood into my cap.
17:00I know George wouldn't want it either.
17:03Mrs. Reed, she is going to die.
17:07Well, if nature's means aren't enough,
17:13if Kathy does die, then...
17:17That's the way it's supposed to be.
17:22Are you sure you see that?
17:23No, I don't.
17:25All I know is you're forcing me to let your little girl die.
17:29Well, I thought I made myself clear, but you just don't understand.
17:33I guess you'll have to do the best you can under the circumstances, doctor.
17:37That's all you can do, isn't it?
17:42Reed, he must find a telephone.
17:44Don't let our relatives know where we are.
17:59Well, how was it, Ben?
18:00You do any good?
18:02Nothing.
18:02Stubborn as ever.
18:04There's only one other thing we can do.
18:06Make a reward at the juvenile court.
18:08That'll give us a free hand.
18:09It's sure worth a try.
18:10How do we go about it?
18:12Contact the registrar's office.
18:13Try and get in touch with the juvenile court authorities.
18:16Explain it to them.
18:17Tell them it's an emergency.
18:18It's a long shot, but I've known it to work in some cases.
18:21The big question is time.
18:23Well, let's not waste any.
18:24Get on it, will you, Ted?
18:25Right.
18:25Mommy, it's cold.
18:48I'm so thirsty.
18:49I'm so thirsty.
18:51How are you, Kathy?
19:05Hello.
19:07Are you God?
19:10No, Kathy, I'm not God.
19:11Here, you can use this.
19:39Oh, thanks.
19:40You come up with anything?
19:42I talk with the night clerk.
19:43There's one hitch.
19:45So I'll only grant a court order for the child and the orphan of the parents can't be contacted.
19:49If there's at least one parent involved, they won't touch it.
19:52Well, did you explain it to them?
19:54Did you tell them the child's dying?
19:55Yeah, yeah, yeah.
19:55They don't want to know about it.
19:58That's great.
20:00Well, now what?
20:00They've got two units of blood waiting for us downstairs.
20:12Well, that's a big fat risk, Ben.
20:14Send for them.
20:16I'll do better.
20:18I'll go myself.
20:19Bring them up the back way.
20:21Watch out for the mother.
20:22I'll tell Miss Black to keep an eye on her.
20:24Hey, Ben, your neck's sticking out a mile.
20:27Suppose we give her blood.
20:27But she still doesn't make it.
20:30Get the blood.
20:35Dr. King.
20:36Yes, Mr. Frank Reed.
21:03I don't think she saw me.
21:21She's still on the phone.
21:22Well, you watch outside.
21:23Let me know if she heads this way.
21:24Right.
21:26Okay, let's check the blood.
21:27Patient is Kathy Reed, age 10.
21:29Hospital file number 165791, blood type A, positive RH, negative.
21:36Check.
21:37Donor number 721, type A, positive RH, negative.
21:42Call, Sam, but they must be away for the weekend.
21:45Can you come for us?
21:49That's right, general hospital.
21:52About noon.
21:54Hurry, Uncle Matt.
21:56Please.
21:56Please.
21:59Did you reach someone to pick you up, Mrs. Reed?
22:02What?
22:04Oh.
22:05Yes.
22:06Did you tell them where to meet you?
22:0859 West Neurosurgical Ward.
22:11Is that right?
22:12That's right.
22:14What time are they coming?
22:18That's probably for you, Mrs. Reed.
22:20Operator calling for late charges.
22:25What's going on in there?
22:27Aren't you going to answer it?
22:29I want to see Kathy.
22:35We're trying to save her life.
22:37Stop it.
22:39Let go of me.
22:40Let go of me.
22:40Give me this.
22:41Give it to me.
22:41Give it to me.
22:42Get out of here.
22:44Get out of here.
22:45Come on, you bitch, you bitch!
23:15Dr. Casey.
23:17Dr. Casey.
23:19Eight o'clock.
23:20Oh, thank you, Miss Wells.
23:22Dr. Graham wants to know if you're ready to go ahead with the Miller biopsy.
23:26I won't tell her to prepare the patient. I'll be right up.
23:31How many units has she had?
23:32This is the fourth.
23:34We'll stop after this one, but you keep an eye on her.
23:36Yes, doctor.
23:39Any sign of the mother?
23:40Dr. Hoffman saw her waiting in the medical superintendent's office a few minutes ago.
23:48Dr. Jensen's office?
23:49He hasn't come in yet. She isn't alone, doctor.
23:53She's got a lawyer with her.
23:56She didn't waste any time, did she?
24:10You do this all the time?
24:30All the time.
24:32How do you remember everything?
24:34I've nothing else to think about.
24:36You know, I bet I would have made a good nurse. I like to take care of people.
24:39Oh, that's important.
24:40I used to. When I was a kid in Chicago, I'd go to a hospital every once in a while with this Anna mine.
24:45And, well, we'd take them magazines, you know, the sick people, talk to them, cheer them up, you know, that sort of thing.
24:50Otherwise, this Anna mine was a real witch.
24:53But she had a real sort of thing about sick people.
24:57She loved hospitals.
24:59She was one of those, what do you call them?
25:02Gray ladies?
25:02Yeah, that's the color.
25:04Yeah.
25:04I used to call her a pink lady.
25:07Now I know all the shades.
25:09You don't suppose I could have a cigarette?
25:20Nervous?
25:22Well, those pills you gave me haven't clicked yet.
25:25They will.
25:27There's nothing to worry about.
25:29It's a very simple operation.
25:31Have you been a nurse long?
25:42I'm not a nurse.
25:43I'm a doctor.
25:44Uh, a doctor?
25:46An anesthesiologist.
25:48You're putting me on.
25:50No, I mean, I never heard of a female.
25:51Well, I never had a female doctor before.
25:54How come?
25:57How come what?
25:59How come what?
26:00How come you're a doctor?
26:03Just like I guess.
26:04You really like it, huh?
26:13Mm-hmm.
26:15Do you know Dr. Casey?
26:17Yes, of course.
26:18We work together.
26:19Do you know him well?
26:21I know him.
26:23I bet the nurses around here really flip over him, don't they, huh?
26:26Yes, I suppose so.
26:30Tell me, what's he really like when he's, well, you know, not just being a doctor?
26:35He's very nice.
26:36Well, yeah, I know that, but I mean, how nice?
26:41Well, he's gentle and intelligent, about most things anyway.
26:47Did he ever make love to you?
26:52You asked too many questions.
26:56Oh, look who's nervous now.
27:01Already?
27:02Yes, Dr. Casey.
27:03Good morning, Linda.
27:04Hi.
27:10What's the big joke?
27:12Oh, nothing.
27:13It just looks more like a stick-up than an operation.
27:17Okay, let's get the job done, Linda.
27:21Here we go.
27:24Oh, listen, big doctor.
27:25Do me a favor.
27:26You name it.
27:27Try not to leave a big scar, huh?
27:30I've got my career to think of.
27:48Excuse me.
27:48She's the one who threw me out.
27:58Well, it's Dr. Casey that we're interested in.
28:01Miss Wills, where is Dr. Casey?
28:02I believe he's still in surgery, Dr. Jensen.
28:04As soon as he comes down, tell him I want to see him.
28:07I'll be in with the Reed child.
28:11Yes, sir.
28:13Rub-a-dub-dub.
28:14Three men in a tub.
28:16You better get word to Dr. Casey.
28:18Tell him the dam just broke.
28:21Good morning, ladies.
28:22Oh, good morning, doctor.
28:24We didn't expect you back so soon.
28:26What's that all about?
28:29What doctor?
28:30Dr. Jensen.
28:31Is he conducting a tour, appraising the furniture,
28:34or are we in trouble again?
28:35I should have known.
28:39Come.
28:40Tell me about it.
28:42Kathy, darling, it's Mommy.
28:44Can you talk to me, honey?
28:45She seems to be resting quietly.
28:47Try not to wake her.
28:48Oh, my poor baby.
28:50How much blood was given, doctor?
28:54Apparently four units.
28:57She looks so flushed.
28:59Temperature's still up a bit.
29:02Her pulse is nearly back to normal.
29:03Look.
29:07And on her neck.
29:09And her chest.
29:10What is that?
29:11Seems to be a rash.
29:17A reaction to the transfusions?
29:19Possibly.
29:20I can't say for sure.
29:21Oh, no.
29:22What have you done?
29:23Please, Mrs. Reed,
29:24try not to excite yourself too much.
29:26I told them.
29:27I told them it's wrong.
29:28I tried to stop them.
29:29Mrs. Reed, there's no cause for alarm.
29:30Such reactions are not uncommon.
29:32I understand that they can be very serious.
29:35Sometimes even fatal.
29:37Mommy!
29:38Shh, shh, shh.
29:40You go back to sleep.
29:41Oh, just rest, darling.
29:42I suggest this is no place to discuss this.
29:44Yes, doctor.
29:46Miss Wills.
29:47Is Dr. Casey aware of a possible transfusion reaction here?
29:50Well, no.
29:53No, doctor, I'm sure you...
29:54Then please make him aware of it.
29:55And as soon as he's out of surgery,
29:56I want him to come directly to my office.
29:58Yes.
29:58Understand?
29:58Understand?
30:16Yes, he's here in my office.
30:18We're talking about it now.
30:19Spare me the sordid details, Ben Casey.
30:21I've already heard them.
30:23I want to know what's being done for the child.
30:25I started on antihistametic drugs.
30:28The rash didn't appear for some time after the last transfusion.
30:31It's probably caused by some of the medication she's getting.
30:33So?
30:34We're making a Coombs test of the blood
30:36to make sure it isn't a transfusion reaction.
30:38Casey, this time you've really done it.
30:41That woman's going to have this whole hospital done
30:42on her head brick by brick.
30:44She's determined to take legal action.
30:46She's going to sue everyone in sight,
30:47you, me, the whole staff, if she can.
30:50For the life of me, I can't understand
30:51why you went ahead with a thing like this
30:52under the circumstances.
30:53Because I was convinced it was the only thing to do.
30:55You must have seen that woman was a crackpot, a crank.
30:57The child was dying.
30:59So you decided to put us all in jeopardy.
31:01I wasn't thinking about us.
31:02Well, maybe you should have.
31:04Did you bother to consult someone?
31:06Dr. Murphy was called in.
31:07And what did he think?
31:09He agreed a transfusion was necessary.
31:11And did he suggest that you go ahead with it
31:13without the mother's consent?
31:14He advised caution, so did Dr. Hoffman.
31:16Well, that would seem very sensible.
31:18And did you take their advice?
31:23After Murphy left, the girl's condition became worse and worse.
31:26And did you try to get a court order?
31:28Dr. Hoffman did, but we were turned down.
31:30The court won't interfere if one of the parents is on hand.
31:32Is that when you decided to have Mrs. Reed
31:34thrown out by force?
31:35She was hysterical.
31:36She broke into the treatment room
31:37and pulled out the IV tube.
31:38Then why didn't you phone me?
31:39Because phoning you or anybody else
31:41wouldn't save her life.
31:42She needed blood.
31:43And you saw to it that she got blood,
31:45and she ends up with a reaction.
31:46Just a moment.
31:48Shouting isn't going to get us anywhere.
31:50David, all I'm trying to do
31:51is to find out where the fault lies.
31:53Then why not try asking yourself
31:55what you would have done in the same situation?
31:58What I would have done has no bearing on this.
32:00I think it has.
32:03What would you have done?
32:05Well, I...
32:08I...
32:09Would you have tried substitutes?
32:12Saline, glucose, synthetic plasma?
32:15As long as they worked, yes.
32:16Then what?
32:17Would you have consulted another doctor?
32:19Of course.
32:20And if he agreed with your diagnosis,
32:22would you have gone again to the mother
32:24and tried reasoning with her?
32:26I wouldn't have bullied her.
32:27I would have tried to explain
32:28the serious nature of the child's condition.
32:30And if all your sane explanations
32:32didn't work on an irrational woman,
32:34if she still refused,
32:37you would try to get legal permission
32:39to transfuse the child.
32:40And when that failed, doctor,
32:43you would have done exactly what Ben Casey did,
32:47what any good doctor would have done.
32:49Maybe Ben Casey is a little headstrong at times.
32:52Maybe somebody told him
32:53doctor is spelled with all capital letters.
32:57But Ben Casey is not at fault here.
33:00You know that as well as I do.
33:02Maybe I do, David, but there are laws.
33:04Then let the laws bear the guilt for this thing.
33:08The question now is,
33:09what do we do if that mad woman does sue?
33:13Do we stand behind Dr. Casey
33:15or do we throw him to the dogs?
33:17It isn't as simple as that, David,
33:19and you know that.
33:20First of all, there's the hospital.
33:21The hospital?
33:22Now, just a moment, just a moment.
33:25It isn't my intention to offer Casey up as a sacrifice.
33:28I mean only to get the hospital in the clear.
33:31But we must remember
33:32that he brought this thing on himself.
33:33He made the decision.
33:35He ordered the blood.
33:36He himself started the transfusion.
33:38It was he who did all the...
33:39He kept the girl alive!
33:42Does that need justification?
33:44Now, just a minute.
33:45I don't determine policy here.
33:47I'll have to take this up with the board.
33:48And I must say they're not going to like it one bit.
33:51Getting involved in a suit like this could mean disaster.
33:53Basically, the hospital is not at fault.
33:56Why should it get involved?
33:58What you are trying to say is
34:00you don't think the board will support Casey.
34:04David, I don't know.
34:07But if I were you, doctor,
34:09I wouldn't bank on it.
34:10I don't know.
34:28Steady and normal.
34:48Not a sign of flagging.
34:50No, Art.
34:51Medically impossible.
34:53Must be some other explanation.
34:58Probably just too dumb to know better.
35:01Or too right to be worried.
35:07No comfort, huh?
35:09What?
35:10Knowing you're right.
35:13Some.
35:14Somebody made a mistake.
35:16It's a road to heaven that's paved with good intentions.
35:21It's not Mrs. Reed I'm worried about.
35:24More problems?
35:25Well, the lab reports on Linda Miller came back today.
35:30Blood tests, x-rays all confirmed what the biopsy showed.
35:35Hodgkin's disease.
35:36I'll have to tell her tomorrow.
35:38Rough.
35:39She seems to be such a nice person for...
35:42I mean...
35:43Never mind.
35:44I know what you mean.
35:47Does she have some place to go?
35:49A friend?
35:50A relative?
35:51No idea.
35:52Am I mistaken?
35:53Or do you seem to have a special feeling for her?
35:57Could be.
35:59One thing about her I have to admire.
36:02No alibis.
36:03No crying.
36:05I don't follow.
36:07She's probably made all the mistakes in the book.
36:09And she's ready to sign for every one of them.
36:11But she's the first one to call herself a damn fool.
36:14And do it with a smile.
36:15I see what you mean.
36:17Now what about yourself?
36:18Well, I don't find the name calling too tough, but...
36:22It's sure hard to come up with a smile sometimes.
36:27Let's go.
36:28I'll walk you home.
36:29What's this?
36:43Take a look.
36:44A subpoena.
36:45When do they want you in court?
36:47Next Thursday.
36:48Why, the long face.
36:49What do you want me to do?
36:50Jump for joy?
36:51What did you expect?
36:53A box of cigars and best wishes for your continued success?
36:56You're a dreamer then, Casey.
36:59I don't know.
36:59I was just nursing the hope that the mother might have a change of heart.
37:03Excuse me, doctor.
37:04Would you sign these orders, please?
37:14You do have a point, Casey.
37:16It depends on Mrs. Reed.
37:17How hard she elects to push the case in court.
37:20Do you think it might do any good to have another talk with her?
37:23What?
37:24You talk with her?
37:26That's as good as pouring gasoline on fire.
37:29Keep away from that woman.
37:32Gentlemen.
37:33Dr. Jensen.
37:34I thought you might like to know, Dr. Casey.
37:36I just had a call from Mrs. Reed's lawyer.
37:38He's coming here tomorrow to take my deposition.
37:41I trust it will be favorable.
37:43I intend to give him the facts.
37:45As an individual, I wasn't involved in this matter.
37:48Officially, neither was the hospital.
37:49What about the board?
37:50Has the case been presented to them?
37:52They're meeting in a few days.
37:53The decision will be made then.
37:54Any reaction from them so far?
37:57No.
37:59Dr. Casey, how is the little Reed girl progressing?
38:02The same.
38:03No change.
38:04Well, if her condition doesn't improve soon,
38:08God help you.
38:09I agree, Casey.
38:12He may not be as close as the front office,
38:15but he's bound to be a lot more sympathetic.
38:17Here he is now.
38:42What's new, big doctor?
38:43Hello, Linda.
38:44How are you?
38:45Standard medical opening.
38:48I'm fine, but you look pushed.
38:51Why don't you knock off this work routine?
38:53Does this look like work?
38:55Well, I hear you've been having your problems.
38:58How'd you hear?
38:59I tapped a pipeline.
39:02It's Kathy's mother, isn't it?
39:04Is she really going to take you to court?
39:06Looks that way.
39:09Oh, boy, what an oddball.
39:12First you save her kid's life,
39:13then she hits you over the head with a lawsuit.
39:15Oh, come on, don't worry about it.
39:16She won't get to first base.
39:18I hope you're right.
39:20Well, sure I'm right.
39:20Well, I am.
39:24Well, wait and see.
39:27Linda, I, um...
39:29Yeah, I know you, um...
39:31Got my lab tests.
39:37Well, what's the verdict, doctor?
39:40I'm afraid it's not very good.
39:42No, huh?
39:44Looks like Hodgkin's disease.
39:45Hodgkin's.
39:49Whose?
39:51Hodgkin's.
39:52Oh, Hodgkin's.
39:55It's a real sport, huh?
39:57I mean, you know, spreading it around like that.
40:00It's not very common.
40:02No, that's a real switch for me.
40:15What is it?
40:20Cancer?
40:23It's a disease of the blood.
40:26Can you take care of it?
40:29Well, x-ray treatments and drugs like nitrogen mustard will help.
40:35Yeah, sure, I know.
40:38How long before these treatments stop helping?
40:41Nobody can say for sure.
40:43Level with me, big doctor.
40:46How long have I got?
40:47That's hard to say.
40:48How long?
40:51Six months, a year, maybe longer.
40:59Well, where do we go from here?
41:02That's up to you.
41:04You can stay here if you like.
41:06We can start treatment.
41:07Thanks.
41:09I don't want to sit around in a hospital.
41:13Where would you go?
41:18I don't know.
41:24I'd like to go home.
41:29Where's that?
41:32Milwaukee.
41:33You know, I haven't been back there in, oh, 15 years, I guess.
41:53Must be quite a few changes.
41:57When would you want to leave?
41:58I don't know, soon.
42:02All right.
42:04I'll have hematologists start your treatment for a few days, and in the meantime, I'll get your report ready and write you a letter of introduction.
42:12There's a fine clinic in Milwaukee.
42:19Thanks.
42:19Thanks.
42:19Have you ever been up north there, doctor?
42:31That's, that's the most beautiful country I've ever seen.
42:35I was there once when I was a kid.
42:41You know, they got a, they got a mountain up there.
42:46And, and right at the top, right at the top, there's a lake.
42:53The lake of the clouds, they call it.
42:55Gosh, that, that water's so clean.
43:03You can see the bottom.
43:06I think I'd like to go there again.
43:13Maybe if you took a vacation, you could, you could come and visit me.
43:19I'd like to show you around.
43:34Just say you'd like it too.
43:38I'd like it very much, Linda.
43:45Thanks.
43:47Dr. Gacy.
43:49No mistake, huh?
43:52No mistake.
44:01John.
44:17Listen.
44:17Dr. Gacy is being placed on trial for saving a patient's life.
44:26Well, the very face of it, that's a ridiculous situation.
44:29Dr. Zorba.
44:30Regardless of parental consent.
44:32It may very well appear ridiculous to you, doctor.
44:34In the legal field, we see it every day.
44:36It is still a question of the law and how the law reads.
44:38That's the letter of the law, Mr. Sanger.
44:40Is that all the court is interested in?
44:45Dr. Jensen.
44:47Excuse me, doctor, but I think that's an unfair question.
44:49After all, Mr. Sanger is a lawyer, not a judge.
44:52And we must remember that he's working for us, not against us.
44:55That's nice to know.
44:56I must admit this is not the type of case I have very much confidence about.
44:59But since the hospital board decided to stand behind Dr. Casey, needless to say, I shall present a forceful and, I hope, successful defense.
45:09My, isn't that encouraging?
45:11As I have said, Mrs. Reed does have a very sound case, according to the letter of the law.
45:16However much depends on how forcefully she wants to press the charges.
45:19Then, too, considering the depositions taken from Dr. Ted Hoffman, the two nurses and the nurse's aide,
45:24there would seem to be an indication that the mother, Mrs. Reed, was hysterical and not sufficiently in command of her faculties to make a decision involving life or death.
45:34This particular point will be one of the mainstays for the defense.
45:36Well, I certainly hope the court can see that point.
45:39After all, we're sticking our necks out pretty far here.
45:43Well, we're due in court at two this afternoon.
45:46I want to have a meeting with Mrs. Reed's lawyer beforehand.
45:49I'll see you over there, Dr. Casey.
45:52Oh, and try not to worry.
45:54I'd much rather defend any man for doing the right thing than for doing the wrong.
45:58Thanks, gentlemen, Casey.
46:00Good day, gentlemen.
46:01Uh, doctors.
46:06Excuse me, ma'am.
46:16Are you by any chance Mrs. Reed, little Kathy's mother?
46:19Yes.
46:20You know Kathy?
46:21Sort of.
46:21So you're the one that's taking Dr. Casey to court.
46:26I don't see how that concerns you.
46:30He's a nice man, Mrs. Reed.
46:31He went out on a limb.
46:32He saved your little girl's life.
46:35Why hang him for that?
46:36Really, this is none of your business.
46:38Oh, you're right.
46:39You're right.
46:39It isn't none.
46:40I just thought I'd put in my two cents worth.
46:42Come on and think about it, Mrs. Reed.
46:47He saved Kathy's life.
46:53See ya.
47:03See?
47:04All gone.
47:06Not one little spot left.
47:08No more itching?
47:09Nope.
47:09Nothing.
47:10Very good, Kathy.
47:13You're a fine patient.
47:14Mom says you won't let her take me home.
47:17Is that true?
47:18Well, now, you just look at this contraption here.
47:20How would your mom ever get it in the front door?
47:23Yeah, I guess you're right.
47:25You be a good little girl.
47:27I'll come by to see you later today.
47:29Okay.
47:29Doctor?
47:31Will you bring me back a surprise?
47:32Yes.
47:40If I'm lucky, Kathy, I'll bring back a surprise for both of us.
47:51Miss Wills, have you seen Linda Miller?
47:54She already signed out.
47:55She left just a minute ago.
48:04Hold it.
48:05What's the big idea?
48:12Couldn't you even say goodbyes?
48:14I hate goodbyes.
48:17I brought you your records and your introduction to the clinic in Milwaukee.
48:21Hmm.
48:23I thought you were going to mail them.
48:24I figured you better take them along with you.
48:27Thanks.
48:27Thanks.
48:30Hey, get a load of you dressed to kill.
48:32Oh, sorry.
48:47Well?
48:49Bye, Linda.
48:51Behave yourself.
48:52Fine time to be telling me that.
48:55Goodbye, big doctor.
48:57See ya.
49:02Good night.
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