2012). This is what causes overcrowding and expensive treatments, which is exactly what is going on in the emergency room of Highland Hospital.
This documentary focuses on several different patients who come to this hospital as a “last resort,” one doctor of Highland Hospital stated, and because they are patients who have no continuity of care due to losing their jobs (James, 2012). Eric Morgan was one of the patients that the documentary focused on and he first went to the private hospital, Kaiser Permanente to seek medical care. This was where he was diagnosed with a testicular tumor that was likely going to be cancer. They ran several tests, gave him a C.T. scan and even provided him with a CD-ROM that provides other doctors with information
This documentary focuses on several different patients who come to this hospital as a “last resort,” one doctor of Highland Hospital stated, and because they are patients who have no continuity of care due to losing their jobs (James, 2012). Eric Morgan was one of the patients that the documentary focused on and he first went to the private hospital, Kaiser Permanente to seek medical care. This was where he was diagnosed with a testicular tumor that was likely going to be cancer. They ran several tests, gave him a C.T. scan and even provided him with a CD-ROM that provides other doctors with information