The Waiting Room; Let Me Down Easy

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The Waiting Room; Let Me Down Easy

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PBS | Air Date: October 21, 2013
Summary: "The Waiting Room" looks inside the ER waiting room at Oakland's Highland Hospital, a safety-net hospital that sees 250 people, most of whom do not have health insurance, in its ER every day. Among them: a child with strep throat; a young man with a testicular tumor who needs surgery; and a senior citizen with diabetes. Also: an excerpt"The Waiting Room" looks inside the ER waiting room at Oakland's Highland Hospital, a safety-net hospital that sees 250 people, most of whom do not have health insurance, in its ER every day. Among them: a child with strep throat; a young man with a testicular tumor who needs surgery; and a senior citizen with diabetes. Also: an excerpt from Anna Deavere Smith's play, "Let Me Down Easy." Expand
Genre(s): Talk & Interview, Documentary, Arts

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