If you have heard or read about malpractice in hospitals and sale of human organs for profit in the media in the past, you will understand this movie! It is somewhat old but scary and maybe true to some extent!
A futuristic looking hospital pretends to help patients who eventually go into a coma- and there are many- by suspending them in air in a large hall - purportedly to save money. They even record the last few minutes of doctor's conversation before the patient goes into coma to make it look like a normal/legit procedure.It is the same script every time a patient goes into coma! But their real intentions are dubious - they are killing patients to auction off organs to rich patients by first putting them in a coma! The oxygen mask that is given to these patients contains poison gas hooked to a tank in a room away from the Operation room via a pipe.There are couple of innocent doctors who are trying to discover the truth but they have to fight for their own survival before they are permanently locked up in the mental ward or put into a coma like the patients they are trying to save! Sounds familiar ? (see next post)
This is a scary movie and one that might put mistrust in your mind about the medical establishment! Where profit and survival are the main motives, the oath doctors take to protect patients at all costs becomes a naive dream. Add to this, the discrimination faced by immigrants and the poor and weak you have a potent mix of circumstances and evil intentions that encourage profiteering ! Only the legal system, the media and some mentally sick people will like this kind of medicine!!
Author and Director: Michael Crichton was a Harvard trained doctor who died of cancer in 2008. He was 6 feet and 9 inches tall!
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