Hospital

(Frederick Wiseman, US 1969, 84 min., 35mm)

Earliest Work by Frederick Wiseman Preserved. Hospital shows the day-to-day activities in a large urban hospital with particular emphasis on the emergency ward and outpatient clinics. Cases include cardiac arrest, knife wounds, drug overdose, and routine ward and teaching activities. The hospital is revealed as an institution dealing with all the social ills of the community in addition to its medical crises.

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