St. Elsewhere
The lives and work of the staff of St. Eligius Hospital, an old and disrespected Boston teaching hospital.
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"This series concerned St. Eligius, a hospital in a less fashionable section of Boston, and the day-to-day lives of its staff and patients. The institution had acquired its unfortunate nickname from statements made by doctors at other institutions to the effect that, if patients could not afford treatment in a respectable hospital, they would have to go to "St. Elsewhere." Nevertheless, St. Eligius consistently showed itself to be a place full of concerned and highly skilled medical personnel. The central character was Donald Westphall, the chief of medicine and also the one in charg..."
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The writers of this show shared a building and a copy machine at MTM with the writers from Hill Street Blues (1981). Whenever they needed inspiration, they would look at a script from Hill Street Blues (1981) and that always pushed them to do better.
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The lives and work of the staff of St. Eligius Hospital, an old and disrespected Boston teaching hospital.