Film
The Heart of the Emergency Room
2024 · 1h 35m · Documentary
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Overview
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.
Crew
- Takuro AdachiDirector
- Koji HijikataProducer
- Katsuhiko AbunoProducer
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 24, 2024
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Documentary
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