:01:02
which is unfortunately
what the old man actually had.
:01:06
Within an hour, the patient
became unresponsive and diaphoretic...
:01:09
and was raced up to Intensive Care,
with an irregular pulse of 150...
:01:12
blood pressure 90 over 60,
respiration rapid and shallow.
:01:17
The resident on duty in Intensive Care
compounded the blunder...
:01:20
by treating the old man
for pulmonary edema.
:01:23
He gave him digitalis, diuretics and oxygen.
:01:26
This restored the old man's color.
:01:28
He was sent to his room
in the Holly Pavilion...
:01:31
ruddy-complected and peacefully asleep.
:01:42
But the patient was in CO 2 narcosis,
and died at 7:30 that evening.
:01:47
I mention all this only to explain
how the bed in Room 806 became available.
:01:54
The intern involved
was a prickly young buck named Schaefer...
:01:58
who had a good thing going for him
with a technician in the Hematology Lab.
:02:03
In the haphazard fashion
of hospital romances...
:02:06
Dr. Schaefer had been zapping this girl...
:02:08
on wheelchairs, stretchers, pantry shelves...
:02:12
in the kitchen, in the morgue,
in the dark corners of corridors...
:02:15
standing up, sitting down...
:02:18
So you can imagine
what an available bed meant to him.
:02:23
Sheila, this is Howard.
:02:26
I got a bed for us for tonight.
A real, honest-to-God bed.