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mine: pull back the blanket to clip and prep, take a step back and say
"Whoa!" in your outside voice. And I think surgical teams should do
more celebrating when something good comes from something potentially bad, like when the bleeding finally stops due to the diligence and
tenacity of our skilled hands.
It's true that Dr. Kildare and Ben Casey, Marcus Welby and Dr.
Quincy, St. Elsewhere and ER were chiefly in the healthcare business
to entertain us with drama, dedicated individuals and lives in the balance. Still, I think Hollywood could hit the bull's-eye with Tyler Perry's
sassy Madea character as a circulating nurse, putting everyone in his
place and getting away with it. Now that's something I'd watch. In
fact, I want to be the consultant on that project. (Mr. Perry, e-mail
me.) OSM
Ms. Watkins can be reached at pwatkins12@comcast.net.
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