Extreme Measures Page #3

Health Care System.

Somebody has to pay for this sh*t.

Sorry.

He's got liver damage, but no hepatitis.

He's HIV-negative...

...but look at his T cell count.

- He's negative viral and bacterial...

- What is that?

I don't know.

She probably just got her bill.

Please help.

Does this make sense to you? Take a look.

If I tell you what I think,

will you take the screamer?

Very sick dude. Very funny labs.

Catch you later.

I do. I'm sorry. I realize it is very late.

I apologize.

Could you just answer me one thing?

Does your hospital use

a silver-colored bracelet?

Okay, terrific.

You don't know any hospital or anything

that does use something like that?

Thank you. I apologize again.

Thank you very much.

- Move, please!

- Your rays are back.

- Thanks. In a minute.

- Someone gonna move Mrs. Gardner?

Guy, Line 6.

Thanks. Excuse me.

Thanks very much for calling back.

I'm looking for an autopsy report

on a patient called Claude Minkins.

It would be early hours

of yesterday morning.

Just looking for a cause of death.

I'll hold, thanks.

And that's it?

That's all you have?

Just pulmonary embolism?

He'd obviously been in a hospital.

I wouldn't rule it out as a symptom...

Someone get the gurney!

I have his lab report and frankly,

it's completely beyond belief.

We have a burn coming off the bus.

All right. No, forget it. Forget it.

No, really, thank you. I have to go.

I understand.

Thank you very much for calling back.

Did he bite?

One down, one to go.

How we doing on Dolson?

- We've been through a dozen shelters.

- Fourteen. Plus the hospitals.

We're making runs through

Grand Central twice a day.

Okay. Keep pushing.

I guess we're looking

for a body by now, but...

He's still alive.

He'll be needing medication.

I'll make out a list.

Perhaps you're mistaken?

I don't see how that's possible.

With whom did you speak?

I didn't get a name.

Someone here who called me back.

At 1:
00 in the morning.

Gave you a cause of death,

which you didn't believe.

It just didn't make much sense.

I can see that.

I have no record of this man.

I think, in fact, you have.

If you could take another look.

It's Minkins. M-I-N-K-I-N-S.

Pulmonary embolism.

I have no record of this man.

Sorry. Who's actually in charge here then?

That would be me.

I've been here since midnight

and I made no such calls.

Okay, so let me just get this straight:

No one phoned me,

so that was my imagination running riot...

...and you've no record of a patient

of mine who died 24 hours ago.

Your hospital's known for losing patients.

Living and dead.

What did you say?

What did you say?

You're quite a creepy person.

Before, I thought you were obstructive

or inept.

But now I think you're much more sinister.

I think you better leave.

- You lying about this?

- Everything okay?

Yeah, thanks.

Here, I'm just off. You can pop

your boss back in his drawer now.

Apparently, you were threatening

and abusive.

For God's sake.

I mean, that's just ridiculous.

I was mildly sarcastic,

but under the circumstances...

...I was astonishingly restrained.

The doctor you spoke to needed protection

from an orderly.

That is just a lie. Who told you that?

The chief medical examiner.

- This is starting to sound really weird.

- Get me the charts and go home.

What about the body?

They have no receipt on Claude Minkins.

Who called me?

Who? Give me a name.

I didn't get a name. I was busy.

Isn't this a little strange?

"A little strange"? It sounds a lot strange.

I did not threaten or be abusive to anyone.

Then my apology was unnecessary.

This whole thing has to be connected.

You saw the report.

The guy had a metabolic meltdown.

He had a total failure in every system.

Ever see numbers like that?

Of course not. The report's a joke.

All it proves is our lab is even more f***ed

than people say.

- Then what about the wristband?

- What about it?

Jeff, I'm not trying to be annoying.

A man died on my table,

and I have no idea why.

This is a repair shop.

We're not here to do research.

I got 100,000 crises a year in here

and I have a responsibility to each one.

- I've heard the repair-shop speech.

- Let me put it to you this way.

I'm your boss and I'm telling you...

...drop this thing.

Now go home and go to bed.

- Judith. How are you?

- I'm great. How's it going?

Good. Yeah. Terrific, thanks.

You don't sound convinced.

No, I'm horribly aware you've come

to ask about the intern evaluations.

How behind are you?

- I did do a few the other day.

- How behind are you?

- Criminally.

- I could pretend I haven't seen you.

Judith, that would be incredibly kind.

- Thanks.

- Lf you play for the residents.

No, not basketball.

I don't even know the rules.

We'll explain them. It's for a great cause.

Where am I?

I'm your doctor, Mr. Randall.

You're in the hospital.

Am I okay?

So far everything looks pretty good.

Where are my clothes? My stuff?

They're outside. They're safe.

I was in the park.

It must be pretty confusing, huh?

We were wondering, is there anybody

you'd like us to contact? Any family?

My daughter, but...

When did you see her last?

Not since 1978.

When her mother died.

I see. Anybody else you'd like us

to get in touch with?

No, I'm pretty much on my own now.

Thank you.

Could you stand up for me?

Forgive me for asking...

...but I need to ask you

a couple of questions.

- What is, say, six times four?

- Excuse me.

I was wondering, do you suppose

I could get something to eat?

Absolutely.

- Why don't we do that right now.

- Thanks. I'd appreciate it.

It's 24, by the way.

The answer to your question.

I was a schoolteacher for 18 years.

Minkins, Claude. He was here last year.

He was an ER walk-in.

Fractured carpal.

What's that? Ankle?

No, it's a wrist.

Let's see. Phone number: 212-000-0000.

- That means he's homeless.

- Next of kin?

- No.

- None. Thanks, Pat.

But he's got an outstanding

balance of $981.

What, for x-rays?

Let's see.

Radiology was $289, and then the lab work.

His bloodwork was another $500.

Why the hell is he having bloodwork

when he had a broken wrist?

We'll tell you.

Looks like it's been dumped.

Meaning?

It's the system. It sucks.

There's not enough storage,

so every month...

...they have to pull stuff down

to make room.

And would there be a hard copy

or whatever?

You could try the Records Annex...

...but it'll take you a million years

to get clearance.

I'll tell you what.

Can you do another one for me?

Dolson, Teddy. Please?

All right. I'll do Dolson. Dolson for you.

Dolson, Theodore.

Undomiciled, conjunctivitis, no next of kin.

Another deadbeat.

Outstanding balance, $645.80.

This is for lab work too?

Yep. Bloodwork.

For conjunctivitis?

I guess not. Let's see.

Details.

You sure know how to pick them.

I mean, we have been bitching

about this system since they put it in.

Let me get this straight.

You're saying someone...

...has deleted all this stuff?

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