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The Heart of the Emergency Room

2024-01-24 ja 95m
Documentary
A variety of patients are brought in by ambulance 24 hours everyday. In Japan, ambulance as a part of municipal fire departments, do not charge for transportation to hospitals. Under the motto of "emergency care that never refuses," the Ekisaikai Hospital in Nagoya accepts everyone from the elderly with no relatives to those in need. However, the number of ambulances carrying critically ill patients reached a record high due to the pandemic. Patients rejected by other hospitals are pouring into the Ekisaikai Hospital, and the beds are filling up fast... Documentary filmmaker Takuro Adachi observes doctors and patients in various generations and background, and listens to their real voices.

Director

Takuro Adachi

Producer

Koji Hijikata

Producer

Katsuhiko Abuno

Music

Takafumi Wada

hospital emergency room

Status

Released

Countries

  • Japan

Companies

  • Tokai Television Broadcasting

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