1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,970 In the penal system, citizens are represented 2 00:00:03,970 --> 00:00:06,570 by two organizations of equal importance. 3 00:00:06,570 --> 00:00:08,500 The Police, who investigates crimes, 4 00:00:08,500 --> 00:00:11,140 and the Public Ministry, who prosecutes offenders. 5 00:00:11,140 --> 00:00:13,000 Here are their stories. 6 00:00:22,350 --> 00:00:25,650 H-o-r-t-o-n, that's the guy that you should have brought here. 7 00:00:25,650 --> 00:00:28,520 It's been 40 minutes that I'm waiting for. 8 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,260 Just tell me where she is. 9 00:00:30,260 --> 00:00:31,990 I already told you, sir, 10 00:00:31,990 --> 00:00:35,100 - I have to check with admission. - This is ridiculous. 11 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:36,730 Call a doctor, immediately. 12 00:00:36,730 --> 00:00:38,600 We need help. Quickly. 13 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,240 It is blue. She breathes more. 14 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:42,570 Give him oxygen. 15 00:00:42,570 --> 00:00:44,570 No pulse. Raise the alarm. 16 00:00:44,570 --> 00:00:47,280 Come on, move. 17 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:48,680 Give me a line. 18 00:00:50,350 --> 00:00:52,350 Bring the defibrillator. 19 00:00:52,350 --> 00:00:53,780 You knew that it wasn't normal. 20 00:00:59,890 --> 00:01:02,090 You can not go there. 21 00:01:02,090 --> 00:01:03,850 Call the guard. Sir. 22 00:01:06,130 --> 00:01:08,060 - No pulse. - Make it an EP4. 23 00:01:16,310 --> 00:01:18,410 No response. Adrenaline. 24 00:01:18,410 --> 00:01:19,880 Wait outside. 25 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:21,740 - We're doing our best. - What's going on? 26 00:01:21,740 --> 00:01:23,180 - Please. - She's my daughter. 27 00:01:23,180 --> 00:01:24,410 You can't. 28 00:01:24,410 --> 00:01:26,280 Let it go. What is happening? 29 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,610 We lose it. 30 00:01:30,690 --> 00:01:33,360 It's over. 31 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:34,860 11:17 p.m. 32 00:01:34,860 --> 00:01:38,060 My God. What happened? 33 00:01:38,060 --> 00:01:40,730 - She had a cardiac arrest. -Resuscitate her. 34 00:01:40,730 --> 00:01:43,030 Your daughter is dead. 35 00:01:43,030 --> 00:01:44,770 Where are you going? I don't understand. 36 00:01:44,770 --> 00:01:47,640 - A simple sore throat. - Come on, come on. 37 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,110 No, she had just sore throat. 38 00:01:50,110 --> 00:01:52,110 She had not even a fever. 39 00:01:52,110 --> 00:01:54,210 She came for a prescription. 40 00:01:54,210 --> 00:01:55,540 I don't understand. 41 00:02:56,540 --> 00:02:58,900 LAW AND ORDER 42 00:03:16,590 --> 00:03:20,300 36TH SECTOR THURSDAY MARCH 29 43 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:23,700 - Where was she murdered? - At the Municipal Medical Center. 44 00:03:24,870 --> 00:03:27,430 Sorry, Mr. Morton, I'm a little confused. 45 00:03:28,140 --> 00:03:30,640 Your daughter was killed in hospital? 46 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:33,340 In the emergency room. I want to file a murder complaint 47 00:03:33,340 --> 00:03:35,170 against the doctor on duty. 48 00:03:36,980 --> 00:03:38,380 It's him who treated her? 49 00:03:38,380 --> 00:03:39,850 No, who was killing her. 50 00:03:41,250 --> 00:03:44,120 She was there for a reason? 51 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,490 Yes. Sore throat, aches. 52 00:03:46,490 --> 00:03:48,160 She was there for a prescription 53 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:49,950 for antibiotics. 54 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:55,500 Sometimes people are sicker than it appears. 55 00:03:55,500 --> 00:03:57,670 I was a nurse in Vietnam. 56 00:03:57,670 --> 00:03:59,870 I know who is dying and who is not. 57 00:03:59,870 --> 00:04:01,240 My daughter was not not dying. 58 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,470 Someone gave him something that killed her. 59 00:04:04,470 --> 00:04:06,410 Against whom does he want file a complaint? 60 00:04:06,410 --> 00:04:08,780 The doctor on duty emergencies. 61 00:04:08,780 --> 00:04:10,610 You're kidding. 62 00:04:10,610 --> 00:04:14,820 People are dying always in the emergency room. 63 00:04:14,820 --> 00:04:18,220 It's tragic, but it is not criminal. 64 00:04:18,220 --> 00:04:20,690 Unless there was criminal negligence. 65 00:04:20,690 --> 00:04:23,590 How can Morton know what happened? 66 00:04:23,590 --> 00:04:25,660 He was a nurse in Vietnam. 67 00:04:25,660 --> 00:04:28,360 He said she wasn't sick enough to die. 68 00:04:29,530 --> 00:04:31,590 He was very convincing. 69 00:04:33,870 --> 00:04:35,060 I'm not saying no. 70 00:04:35,770 --> 00:04:39,510 MUNICIPAL MEDICAL CENTER FRIDAY MARCH 30 71 00:04:39,510 --> 00:04:43,550 My first day off in two weeks. 72 00:04:43,550 --> 00:04:46,650 The world is waiting for me. 73 00:04:46,650 --> 00:04:48,580 You are the intern who took care 74 00:04:48,580 --> 00:04:50,520 of the young Suzanne Morton? 75 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,490 This is the last patient admitted before my departure. 76 00:04:54,490 --> 00:04:55,990 Bronchitis. 77 00:04:55,990 --> 00:04:58,460 She has a little exaggerated his symptoms. 78 00:04:58,460 --> 00:05:02,430 So I asked a chest x-ray. For what? 79 00:05:02,430 --> 00:05:05,470 We investigate on his death. 80 00:05:05,470 --> 00:05:06,900 Dead? 81 00:05:08,700 --> 00:05:09,910 What, is she dead? 82 00:05:09,910 --> 00:05:11,700 You seem surprised. 83 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,570 People are dying here every day, right? 84 00:05:20,450 --> 00:05:22,280 She was not so sick. 85 00:05:23,790 --> 00:05:25,810 We don't die of bronchitis. 86 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,430 Suzanne Morton. She had pneumonia. 87 00:05:29,430 --> 00:05:32,460 Mucus examination was formal. 88 00:05:32,460 --> 00:05:34,800 We discussed it during visits. 89 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,470 Pneumonia, huh? 90 00:05:36,470 --> 00:05:38,470 Are we still dying from this? 91 00:05:38,470 --> 00:05:41,970 Sometimes when there is an allergic reaction. 92 00:05:41,970 --> 00:05:44,240 The patient was feverish and lost consciousness. 93 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:47,210 She must have sucked the contents of his stomach. 94 00:05:47,210 --> 00:05:49,950 The lungs don't like not gastric juices. 95 00:05:49,950 --> 00:05:51,610 Can it go fast? 96 00:05:53,150 --> 00:05:55,140 Yes. Excuse me. 97 00:05:58,150 --> 00:05:59,820 She is very busy. 98 00:05:59,820 --> 00:06:03,760 So much so that she Don't look in the eyes. 99 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:05,490 Suzanne Morton. 100 00:06:05,490 --> 00:06:07,900 If you see Mr. Morton, 101 00:06:07,900 --> 00:06:09,800 introduce him my condolences. 102 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,000 You were on call when did this happen? 103 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,370 Yes, that's correct. I came immediately. 104 00:06:16,670 --> 00:06:19,410 For what? She was not very sick. 105 00:06:19,410 --> 00:06:21,480 We were told bronchitis or pneumonia. 106 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,550 No, no. She was very ill. 107 00:06:23,550 --> 00:06:25,450 She should have be in intensive care. 108 00:06:25,450 --> 00:06:27,380 Unfortunately, no bed was free. 109 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:30,920 In my country, we accept death. 110 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,190 But here you hope live forever. 111 00:06:35,860 --> 00:06:38,230 You have already touched a human heart? 112 00:06:38,230 --> 00:06:40,020 Only mine. 113 00:06:41,530 --> 00:06:43,800 - What year are you in? - Third. 114 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:45,230 We go to the field. 115 00:06:45,230 --> 00:06:47,770 You have examined Suzanne Morton? 116 00:06:47,770 --> 00:06:49,840 Pneumonia. 117 00:06:49,840 --> 00:06:51,940 I spent 40 minutes to find a nurse 118 00:06:51,940 --> 00:06:53,610 to take him away in intensive care. 119 00:06:53,610 --> 00:06:56,550 On my way back, I came across a gunshot wound 120 00:06:56,550 --> 00:06:59,510 with a 15cm wound. Have you ever seen one? 121 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:04,280 Yeah, it's not great to see this in a crack house. 122 00:07:07,420 --> 00:07:08,490 Tell me more. 123 00:07:08,490 --> 00:07:10,460 The guy in the emergency room 124 00:07:10,460 --> 00:07:12,030 it must have been his daughter who was sick. 125 00:07:12,030 --> 00:07:14,830 He was shouting, why Didn't they do this or that? 126 00:07:14,830 --> 00:07:16,570 He seemed in his element. 127 00:07:16,570 --> 00:07:19,470 - In the hospital? - With sick people. 128 00:07:19,470 --> 00:07:22,840 The doctors... Something was wrong. 129 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:24,000 They seemed... 130 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:26,600 Worried? Nervous? 131 00:07:27,710 --> 00:07:29,540 Embarrassed. 132 00:07:31,710 --> 00:07:33,270 Embarrassed. 133 00:07:36,350 --> 00:07:38,620 Do you get anything from it? 134 00:07:38,620 --> 00:07:41,190 Of course. She has bronchitis and pneumonia. 135 00:07:41,190 --> 00:07:44,760 She was fine when she arrived and she was dying. 136 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,320 Conclusive diagnoses, That doesn't really surprise me. 137 00:07:50,300 --> 00:07:52,390 So what is it your problem? 138 00:07:53,940 --> 00:07:56,870 - How so? - Your attitude. 139 00:07:59,140 --> 00:08:00,340 1982. 140 00:08:00,340 --> 00:08:04,150 With my teammate we return in this seedy hotel 141 00:08:04,150 --> 00:08:06,150 to stop a robber. 142 00:08:06,150 --> 00:08:07,550 I pass it to him handcuffs, 143 00:08:07,550 --> 00:08:10,690 his girlfriend jumps on me, we struggle, 144 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:12,920 I hit my head against the radiator. 145 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:16,080 It hurts like hell, but it's nothing. 146 00:08:17,990 --> 00:08:19,660 A week later, 147 00:08:19,660 --> 00:08:21,820 I can no longer articulate. 148 00:08:25,770 --> 00:08:29,100 I'm going to see a neurologist. The “best in Manhattan”. 149 00:08:30,770 --> 00:08:33,410 He examines me, and says, 150 00:08:33,410 --> 00:08:35,670 "I want to make you have a scan." 151 00:08:37,180 --> 00:08:38,950 It's scary. 152 00:08:38,950 --> 00:08:40,920 The next day, Dr. God is coming, 153 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:42,620 and said to me, 154 00:08:42,620 --> 00:08:46,820 “You have an inoperable tumor in your cerebellum. 155 00:08:46,820 --> 00:08:48,960 He told me as if he were announcing to me 156 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,150 that we served chicken for dinner. 157 00:08:51,860 --> 00:08:53,800 I'm asking for a second opinion. 158 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,600 I'm going to see another “Top-neurologist”. 159 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:58,430 I have another scan, 160 00:08:58,430 --> 00:09:00,170 he comes back and tells me, 161 00:09:00,170 --> 00:09:03,840 "You don't have a tumor in your cerebellum, 162 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,670 you have a hematoma here.” 163 00:09:10,310 --> 00:09:11,940 A month later, I was fine. 164 00:09:13,420 --> 00:09:15,780 At least, he corrected the mistake. 165 00:09:17,450 --> 00:09:18,820 Yeah. 166 00:09:20,890 --> 00:09:24,260 And when they don't, they bury them. 167 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,150 Dr Auster will see you. 168 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:33,840 Let's go see the Chief Physician. Probably a "Dr. God" too. 169 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:37,400 A doctor is a kind of detective. 170 00:09:39,310 --> 00:09:41,840 In fact, Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes 171 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:44,440 by being inspired by Dr. Joseph Bell. 172 00:09:46,050 --> 00:09:47,750 You solve all your stuff? 173 00:09:47,750 --> 00:09:49,790 We make the difference between a crime and a fine. 174 00:09:49,790 --> 00:09:52,350 A patient comes with a headache. 175 00:09:52,350 --> 00:09:54,720 She has a hemorrhage subarachnoid, 176 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,430 an aneurysm, 177 00:09:56,430 --> 00:09:59,060 a retro-orbital tumor, 178 00:09:59,060 --> 00:10:00,820 or just a headache? 179 00:10:01,830 --> 00:10:03,230 You prescribe to him aspirin, 180 00:10:03,230 --> 00:10:05,400 or you him open the skull? 181 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,170 You make this speech at funerals? 182 00:10:08,170 --> 00:10:11,040 I saw this girl in the emergency room. 183 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,010 She was in her hands of a competent team. 184 00:10:14,010 --> 00:10:15,980 The girl is dead. 185 00:10:15,980 --> 00:10:18,480 Medicine is not an absolute science. 186 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,280 It is a science, of course, 187 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,750 but doctors know that it is also a lottery. 188 00:10:24,750 --> 00:10:28,390 See? The guy is the Chief Physician, 189 00:10:28,390 --> 00:10:30,730 and everything he finds, it's... 190 00:10:30,730 --> 00:10:32,630 “It’s a lottery.” 191 00:10:35,630 --> 00:10:37,190 Over to you, Sherlock. 192 00:10:46,580 --> 00:10:49,580 How do you correct your errors? With Tipex? 193 00:10:49,580 --> 00:10:52,010 We bar and we initial. 194 00:10:52,010 --> 00:10:53,620 It's not a sweet note. 195 00:10:53,620 --> 00:10:55,520 These files must show everything, 196 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,120 under penalty of serious legal repercussions. 197 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:01,320 Serious legal repercussions, This is what we have. 198 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:02,620 someone used Tipex 199 00:11:02,620 --> 00:11:04,960 on file by Suzanne Morton. 200 00:11:09,570 --> 00:11:12,900 On the Tipex, it reads "acetaminophen", 201 00:11:12,900 --> 00:11:14,800 an ordinary sedative. 202 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:16,770 But under the Tipex... 203 00:11:18,010 --> 00:11:21,180 we read, “Meperidine”. 204 00:11:21,180 --> 00:11:22,610 It's a narcotic. 205 00:11:22,610 --> 00:11:24,810 - Big difference. - Beginner concealment. 206 00:11:24,810 --> 00:11:28,620 The one who did it didn't expect an investigation. 207 00:11:28,620 --> 00:11:31,810 The one who wrote meperidine, also wrote acetaminophen. 208 00:11:32,990 --> 00:11:35,160 Look at the "E's" in acetaminophen. 209 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,860 Calligraphy is related. 210 00:11:37,860 --> 00:11:40,030 A very popular English style in the colonies. 211 00:11:40,030 --> 00:11:42,960 You see the shape and the angle of the loop? 212 00:11:43,970 --> 00:11:49,640 We find them in notes there, there and there. 213 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:51,630 They are all initialed “ER”. 214 00:11:52,910 --> 00:11:54,580 Emergencies? 215 00:11:54,580 --> 00:11:56,440 Ekballa Raza. 216 00:11:58,210 --> 00:12:00,350 She had a headache and a little fever. 217 00:12:00,350 --> 00:12:01,620 Nothing more. 218 00:12:01,620 --> 00:12:04,520 I gave him an antibiotic and an antihistamine. 219 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:06,920 No doctor would not have prescribed any more. 220 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:10,620 You look sure of yourself. 221 00:12:12,290 --> 00:12:14,790 His psychiatrist gave him phenelzine sulfate. 222 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:17,630 Was she seeing a psychologist? 223 00:12:17,630 --> 00:12:19,970 She was depressed since the death of his mother. 224 00:12:19,970 --> 00:12:22,160 When did this happen? 225 00:12:23,210 --> 00:12:24,570 Last year. 226 00:12:24,570 --> 00:12:27,440 She had peritonitis after her hysterectomy. 227 00:12:32,250 --> 00:12:34,720 This... phenel... What is it? 228 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:36,650 - Phenelzine... - Doctor? 229 00:12:36,650 --> 00:12:38,850 Miss Rossi is here. 230 00:12:38,850 --> 00:12:41,760 THANKS. Phenelzine sulfate. 231 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,290 An anti-depressant. 232 00:12:43,290 --> 00:12:44,420 Powerful. 233 00:12:48,930 --> 00:12:50,570 The patient died, 234 00:12:50,570 --> 00:12:54,660 but don't worry, the doctor is fine. 235 00:12:55,740 --> 00:12:57,170 POLICE HEADQUARTERS 236 00:12:57,170 --> 00:13:00,710 Toxicological analysis shows acetaminophen. 237 00:13:00,710 --> 00:13:03,350 As well as aspirin and anti-histamine. 238 00:13:03,350 --> 00:13:05,880 No traces meperidine? 239 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,880 We did the tests standards. 240 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,050 The girl took phenelzine. 241 00:13:12,150 --> 00:13:13,560 Not a trace. 242 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:16,890 Meperidine, phenelzine, illicit drugs. 243 00:13:16,890 --> 00:13:18,390 Redo an analysis toxicological. 244 00:13:18,390 --> 00:13:20,230 It's a waste of time. 245 00:13:22,460 --> 00:13:25,230 Nobody mixes meperidine and phenelzine... 246 00:13:25,230 --> 00:13:27,400 unless want to end here. 247 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:29,930 It can be a fatal combination. 248 00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:36,910 I was exhausted. 249 00:13:36,910 --> 00:13:39,220 I had just come from cancer treatment. 250 00:13:39,220 --> 00:13:40,780 I wrote meperidine without thinking. 251 00:13:40,780 --> 00:13:42,380 But I gave him acetaminophen. 252 00:13:42,380 --> 00:13:44,550 And the Tipex? 253 00:13:45,820 --> 00:13:48,220 You have to fill out some paperwork for narcotics 254 00:13:48,220 --> 00:13:49,710 and I didn't have time. 255 00:13:50,890 --> 00:13:54,260 Dr Raza, you just admitted 256 00:13:54,260 --> 00:13:56,370 to have falsified a hospital report. 257 00:13:56,370 --> 00:13:59,030 It's a crime Class E. 258 00:14:01,170 --> 00:14:04,470 When they look at me here, they see an Indian or a “Paki”. 259 00:14:04,470 --> 00:14:08,180 They don't know the difference, but we're supposed to be bad. 260 00:14:08,180 --> 00:14:09,580 Ask. 261 00:14:09,580 --> 00:14:12,850 I must be twice as good so that we think 262 00:14:12,850 --> 00:14:14,820 that I am so good than anyone. 263 00:14:16,050 --> 00:14:18,350 My children want stay in this country, 264 00:14:18,350 --> 00:14:19,920 my wife wants to stay. 265 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:24,030 And to stay I must be perfect all the time. 266 00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:27,430 Well you don't have perfect summer 267 00:14:27,430 --> 00:14:30,000 on file by Suzanne Morton. 268 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,070 - It was a simple mistake. - Really? 269 00:14:32,070 --> 00:14:35,140 If the toxicologist find meperidine 270 00:14:35,140 --> 00:14:36,870 in the body by Suzanne Morton, 271 00:14:36,870 --> 00:14:39,400 you risk more than deportation. 272 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:45,580 Have fun. 273 00:14:45,580 --> 00:14:46,740 THANKS. 274 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:50,880 Max, listen to this one. 275 00:14:51,890 --> 00:14:53,760 A guy... 276 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,720 swallow his false teeth 277 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,190 and they bite him the intestines. 278 00:14:58,190 --> 00:15:02,460 What did Dr. Raza prescribe? Dental floss? 279 00:15:02,460 --> 00:15:04,230 Ah, there you go. 280 00:15:04,230 --> 00:15:07,760 Error, crossed out, initialed. 281 00:15:08,770 --> 00:15:10,370 Same here. 282 00:15:10,370 --> 00:15:12,370 We could have in the hands 283 00:15:12,370 --> 00:15:15,510 evidence of murders in series, without even knowing it. 284 00:15:15,510 --> 00:15:20,550 Yes, on all of these, visits are from 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., 285 00:15:20,550 --> 00:15:22,890 and in the evening where Suzanne Morton died, 286 00:15:22,890 --> 00:15:25,580 the visits took place after 9:00 p.m. 287 00:15:26,860 --> 00:15:28,390 If you hear sounds of hooves, 288 00:15:28,390 --> 00:15:31,660 it's probably a horse, not a zebra. 289 00:15:33,100 --> 00:15:34,720 An old proverb of medical school. 290 00:15:35,730 --> 00:15:38,030 Students often see exotic diseases 291 00:15:38,030 --> 00:15:39,440 in common symptoms. 292 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,770 We need to remind them that things are... 293 00:15:41,770 --> 00:15:43,470 often what they appear. 294 00:15:43,470 --> 00:15:46,570 You, gentlemen, you are chasing a zebra. 295 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:51,070 A zebra or a horse which uses tipex. 296 00:15:52,580 --> 00:15:54,650 Dr. Raza may have made an error in the file. 297 00:15:54,650 --> 00:15:57,390 Maybe he did a mistake in the emergency room. 298 00:15:57,390 --> 00:15:59,090 No. 299 00:15:59,090 --> 00:16:01,490 You trust to Dr. Raza, right? 300 00:16:01,490 --> 00:16:02,930 I gave him offered a job. 301 00:16:02,930 --> 00:16:05,760 I wrote a letter at immigration this morning. 302 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,200 Funny moment to hire the guy. 303 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,370 A good doctor... 304 00:16:12,370 --> 00:16:14,500 is a good doctor. 305 00:16:14,500 --> 00:16:16,770 At what time were visits that evening? 306 00:16:16,770 --> 00:16:18,940 A little after 6 p.m. 307 00:16:18,940 --> 00:16:21,310 They chat while that we try to prevent 308 00:16:21,310 --> 00:16:23,510 that a poor guy bleeds out. 309 00:16:26,250 --> 00:16:28,720 And that evening, why were the visits so late? 310 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:30,320 We waited the chief doctor. 311 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:31,620 Dr. Auster. 312 00:16:31,620 --> 00:16:33,960 God descending to earth. 313 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:35,560 Well he is got off late. 314 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:38,030 He was detained at a... 315 00:16:38,030 --> 00:16:40,600 retirement party from one of the department heads. 316 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:44,100 He seemed to had a lot of fun there. 317 00:16:44,100 --> 00:16:45,400 What do you mean? 318 00:16:46,540 --> 00:16:49,200 He smelled of alcohol. 319 00:16:54,780 --> 00:16:57,550 HOME OF DR ROBERT ABRAHAM WEDNESDAY APRIL 4 320 00:16:57,550 --> 00:17:00,950 The hospital was going to be used boxed cheese 321 00:17:00,950 --> 00:17:02,380 and white wine from Bulgaria. 322 00:17:02,380 --> 00:17:06,050 So, I did call a caterer. 323 00:17:06,050 --> 00:17:09,590 Duck liver pâté, beluga caviar 324 00:17:09,590 --> 00:17:11,430 Oh, yes. 325 00:17:11,430 --> 00:17:13,830 Anesthesiology, it pays off. 326 00:17:14,930 --> 00:17:17,530 Dr. Auster had fun? 327 00:17:17,530 --> 00:17:19,070 I hope. 328 00:17:19,070 --> 00:17:22,000 Caviar costs $400 per pound. 329 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,710 Dr. Auster had a drink? 330 00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:25,810 Yes. The bar was there for that. 331 00:17:25,810 --> 00:17:28,880 Happy Hour Catering. $25 per head. 332 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:30,740 HAPPY HOUR BARTENDER AGENCY 333 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,520 You do not provide than the bartenders? 334 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,650 We provide bartenders, waitresses, 335 00:17:36,650 --> 00:17:38,650 ice cubes, glasses, towels, mixers 336 00:17:38,650 --> 00:17:40,920 - Alcohol? - You provide, you save. 337 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:42,460 Hospital work? 338 00:17:42,460 --> 00:17:45,560 I was there. Two waitresses and Rory, another bartender. 339 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:47,620 You remember of this type? 340 00:17:48,630 --> 00:17:50,070 Yeah, Jim. 341 00:17:50,070 --> 00:17:53,700 No, Ed. Edward Auster. 342 00:17:53,700 --> 00:17:55,800 No, no. Jimmy. Green. 343 00:17:57,310 --> 00:17:59,880 Bourbon? That's what he was drinking. 344 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:02,370 With ice cubes. One every five minutes. 345 00:18:03,410 --> 00:18:04,850 I feel it. 346 00:18:04,850 --> 00:18:06,420 Someone gave him the wrong medications. 347 00:18:06,420 --> 00:18:08,520 I don't know if it was Gungadin or Auster, 348 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:10,950 but someone crashed. 349 00:18:12,490 --> 00:18:14,580 Mike, do you have a problem? 350 00:18:17,490 --> 00:18:21,400 It's in a hospital that my father was saved 351 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:24,130 a transplant heart disease, 7 years ago. 352 00:18:26,540 --> 00:18:29,040 All doctors are not bad. 353 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:32,040 99% of them are solid pros. 354 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:36,080 It's the few rotten ones, who, to quote your friend Auster, 355 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,010 make it a lottery. You bet your life. 356 00:18:39,010 --> 00:18:42,250 You're not exactly a fan of the profession. 357 00:18:42,250 --> 00:18:44,450 I just want them hold themselves to the same standards 358 00:18:44,450 --> 00:18:46,150 that the cops when they kill someone 359 00:18:46,150 --> 00:18:47,890 or the pilots for a crash. 360 00:18:47,890 --> 00:18:49,530 Yeah and it's which bothers me. 361 00:18:49,530 --> 00:18:50,860 Listen. 362 00:18:50,860 --> 00:18:52,730 Let's imagine that I'm dating Maggie. 363 00:18:52,730 --> 00:18:55,430 We have dinner, I have a few drinks, okay? 364 00:18:55,430 --> 00:18:57,430 - Go on. - I look out the window, 365 00:18:57,430 --> 00:18:59,000 I see someone get attacked. 366 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,440 I rush out, take out my service gun, 367 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:03,970 and yells “stop there”. 368 00:19:03,970 --> 00:19:06,710 One of the attackers something comes out 369 00:19:06,710 --> 00:19:08,610 from his pocket and turns around. 370 00:19:08,610 --> 00:19:10,880 Pan, I'll shoot him down. 371 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,520 But the "something" is not a weapon. 372 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,120 It's the wallet of the victim. 373 00:19:16,120 --> 00:19:18,350 It remains a justified shot. 374 00:19:18,350 --> 00:19:20,720 You know it, I know it. 375 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:23,360 The IGS smells of alcohol in my breath, 376 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:25,050 they crucify me. 377 00:19:29,030 --> 00:19:31,070 I had to tell you, 378 00:19:31,070 --> 00:19:32,430 that's what I feel. 379 00:19:32,430 --> 00:19:35,470 There is a difference between a few drinks 380 00:19:35,470 --> 00:19:37,040 and a bourbon every five minutes. 381 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:39,040 The kid was exaggerating. 382 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,040 Maybe not. 383 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:44,750 Nobody said that Auster looked drunk. 384 00:19:44,750 --> 00:19:46,710 They felt his breath. 385 00:19:49,380 --> 00:19:52,580 You know not to look drunk, it doesn't mean anything. 386 00:19:54,890 --> 00:19:56,980 What are you talking about? 387 00:19:59,900 --> 00:20:02,160 When Max and I were teammates, 388 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,660 I had a little problem with alcohol. 389 00:20:07,700 --> 00:20:10,900 He ended up telling me that he wouldn't be my teammate 390 00:20:11,910 --> 00:20:13,740 if I didn't go to Alcoholics Anonymous. 391 00:20:16,710 --> 00:20:17,850 And? 392 00:20:17,850 --> 00:20:19,870 I told him to take care of your own business. 393 00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:24,620 I was in control, I knew what I was doing. 394 00:20:24,620 --> 00:20:27,150 I was just a social drinker. 395 00:20:28,620 --> 00:20:30,790 He gave me back so furious, 396 00:20:30,790 --> 00:20:32,420 that I went out have a few drinks. 397 00:20:35,730 --> 00:20:38,030 Two hours later, 398 00:20:38,030 --> 00:20:40,540 I was in the middle from Lexington Avenue, 399 00:20:40,540 --> 00:20:42,530 not having at all looking drunk, 400 00:20:43,770 --> 00:20:46,240 but my gun was pointed at a taxi driver 401 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:48,540 because I didn't like the way he honks. 402 00:20:52,180 --> 00:20:54,440 That evening, I was at my first meeting... 403 00:20:56,550 --> 00:20:59,080 and I've been sober ever since. 404 00:21:07,660 --> 00:21:09,730 Go back to the hospital, 405 00:21:09,730 --> 00:21:12,430 and cook some people, okay? 406 00:21:12,430 --> 00:21:15,930 don't ask me to torpedo my career. 407 00:21:16,410 --> 00:21:18,930 We need of a second witness. 408 00:21:21,410 --> 00:21:22,610 Listen, 409 00:21:22,610 --> 00:21:25,740 Auster forgets a little more every week. 410 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,450 I came to New York because of him. 411 00:21:29,450 --> 00:21:31,490 It's invaluable to be able to say that we have been trained 412 00:21:31,490 --> 00:21:32,920 by Dr. Edward Auster. 413 00:21:35,490 --> 00:21:37,520 He could destroy the rest of my career. 414 00:21:39,460 --> 00:21:41,330 What career? 415 00:21:50,110 --> 00:21:51,600 He was drunk. 416 00:22:05,990 --> 00:22:07,490 The girl had aches. 417 00:22:07,490 --> 00:22:10,630 The doctor prescribed meperidine 418 00:22:10,630 --> 00:22:14,060 and the doctor on duty talked about phenelzine. 419 00:22:14,060 --> 00:22:16,620 I don't even know if he heard. 420 00:22:17,630 --> 00:22:20,070 He took meperidine and injected it himself. 421 00:22:20,070 --> 00:22:21,670 What? Nobody has tried to stop it? 422 00:22:21,670 --> 00:22:24,830 What were we going to do? Throw yourself at him? 423 00:22:25,410 --> 00:22:27,980 I didn't even know that he was wrong. 424 00:22:27,980 --> 00:22:30,210 Now you know. 425 00:22:31,510 --> 00:22:35,520 You will need the green light of the assistant prosecutor? 426 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,490 Stone's the boss. 427 00:22:37,490 --> 00:22:39,090 This case is politically sensitive. 428 00:22:39,090 --> 00:22:41,920 And there's no risk to arrange. 429 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:45,060 Davids already wet himself. 430 00:22:45,060 --> 00:22:47,930 He told us, “Auster was drunk.” 431 00:22:47,930 --> 00:22:51,420 I need more than a nervous intern. 432 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,590 The bartender says Auster has been drinking like a hole at the party. 433 00:22:57,610 --> 00:22:59,970 If the doctor guard testifies, 434 00:23:00,380 --> 00:23:02,880 we have chances than the rest 435 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:04,510 of the emergency team follow his example. 436 00:23:07,050 --> 00:23:08,740 Go pick it. 437 00:23:15,390 --> 00:23:18,830 We have you did an angioplasty. 438 00:23:18,830 --> 00:23:20,800 But the pain? 439 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:22,930 I don't think that she will come back. 440 00:23:22,930 --> 00:23:25,830 You will not be able to play tennis though 441 00:23:25,830 --> 00:23:29,070 but you will be able to walk, climb the stairs, and swim. 442 00:23:29,070 --> 00:23:30,630 THANKS. 443 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,740 No need for our guns. 444 00:23:34,740 --> 00:23:36,270 Edward Auster... 445 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,150 we have a mandate for your arrest. 446 00:23:47,460 --> 00:23:49,290 Practice of medicine drunk, 447 00:23:49,290 --> 00:23:51,850 these charges are rather rare. We're going to have to... 448 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:53,500 First in class at Harvard Medical School. 449 00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:56,300 - Internship and scholarship - This is Phillip Nevins, 450 00:23:56,300 --> 00:23:57,560 Dr. Auster's lawyer. 451 00:23:59,370 --> 00:24:01,700 Author of a manual cardiology, 452 00:24:01,700 --> 00:24:03,810 Lasker Prize winner for medical research, 453 00:24:03,810 --> 00:24:05,840 175 articles published. 454 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:07,080 Does he walk on water? 455 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,110 The trash you chase 456 00:24:09,110 --> 00:24:11,250 would have work to do manage to kill so many people 457 00:24:11,250 --> 00:24:12,750 that Edward Auster saved some. 458 00:24:12,750 --> 00:24:16,450 I'm trying to avoid you an error of assessment. 459 00:24:17,450 --> 00:24:20,920 Inability to predict a substantial and unjustified risk 460 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:22,830 may cause the death of Suzanne Morton 461 00:24:22,830 --> 00:24:24,460 negligent homicide. 462 00:24:24,460 --> 00:24:26,030 Don't hold knowingly counts 463 00:24:26,030 --> 00:24:28,060 of this risk substantial and unjustified 464 00:24:28,060 --> 00:24:30,030 reckless homicide. 465 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,390 Appointment in court, Stone. 466 00:24:37,070 --> 00:24:39,410 Nevins will flood the witness box 467 00:24:39,410 --> 00:24:42,140 from renowned doctors who will swear that Auster 468 00:24:42,140 --> 00:24:44,750 is a cross between Albert Schweitzer and Albert Einstein. 469 00:24:44,750 --> 00:24:47,080 And Morton was a nurse 25 years ago? 470 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:49,090 He has little chance to win. 471 00:24:49,090 --> 00:24:51,050 Maybe we can fix that. 472 00:24:51,050 --> 00:24:53,420 Let's ask people who know Auster. 473 00:24:55,390 --> 00:24:59,100 So you're the idiot Who is suing Bud Auster? 474 00:24:59,100 --> 00:25:01,800 You call it like is that fishing? 475 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,860 I call it like that since CE1. 476 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:07,470 Some people do things, 477 00:25:07,470 --> 00:25:09,510 and others... 478 00:25:09,510 --> 00:25:11,140 What are you doing with Auster? 479 00:25:11,140 --> 00:25:13,580 We fish for trout in Maine. 480 00:25:13,580 --> 00:25:14,940 Last time, it was in June. 481 00:25:15,410 --> 00:25:17,710 We sleep in the woods, 482 00:25:17,710 --> 00:25:19,780 we tell ourselves that we are still so young. 483 00:25:19,780 --> 00:25:20,880 And you drink. 484 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,580 Drinking is prohibited fishing now? 485 00:25:24,390 --> 00:25:26,650 PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE BENJAMIN STONE WEDNESDAY MAY 2 486 00:25:27,890 --> 00:25:29,830 I started to admire America 487 00:25:29,830 --> 00:25:32,090 seeing “The Nuremberg Trials”. 488 00:25:32,090 --> 00:25:34,650 Everyone pays for his crimes. 489 00:25:36,900 --> 00:25:39,160 I didn't think that it would happen to me. 490 00:25:41,070 --> 00:25:44,440 We will drop the charges if you testify against Auster. 491 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:47,880 And I would lose my job. 492 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:51,870 I love America and I will have to leave her. 493 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,420 Two or three times a month 494 00:25:56,420 --> 00:25:57,650 he calls, says he's coming. 495 00:25:57,650 --> 00:25:59,720 He is always late because he is drunk. 496 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,090 You know how they call these visits? 497 00:26:03,460 --> 00:26:04,930 Liver visits. 498 00:26:05,930 --> 00:26:07,560 Everyone knew. 499 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,830 Suzanne Morton had pneumonia. 500 00:26:10,830 --> 00:26:12,800 Dr. Auster told you to lie. 501 00:26:14,500 --> 00:26:18,530 At the hospital, I have flexible hours. 502 00:26:19,380 --> 00:26:22,510 It's priceless when you have a child. 503 00:26:22,510 --> 00:26:24,980 It's not an answer, Doctor. 504 00:26:24,980 --> 00:26:27,180 Auster did not have don't look drunk. 505 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:29,490 He never seemed drunk. 506 00:26:29,490 --> 00:26:31,020 But he was? 507 00:26:31,020 --> 00:26:33,960 He was always drunk during “liver visits”. 508 00:26:35,390 --> 00:26:36,520 Isn't it? 509 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,090 And he told you to lie. 510 00:26:50,010 --> 00:26:52,040 This poor girl. 511 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,680 Everything he needed, it was aspirin 512 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,580 and an antibiotic. 513 00:26:58,610 --> 00:27:00,450 Am I going to be deregistered? 514 00:27:02,850 --> 00:27:05,390 The decision does not doesn't belong to me, Doctor. 515 00:27:05,390 --> 00:27:10,060 On the other hand, I grant immunity 516 00:27:10,060 --> 00:27:11,530 if you testify. 517 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,730 You have suspicions but what are you going to do? 518 00:27:18,730 --> 00:27:20,470 - Notify the medical order. - That's it. 519 00:27:20,470 --> 00:27:23,810 Intern Stephen Simonson would like to file a complaint 520 00:27:23,810 --> 00:27:26,370 against the best cardiologist from the United States? 521 00:27:29,650 --> 00:27:32,180 It's me who admitted Suzanne Morton. 522 00:27:32,180 --> 00:27:34,050 I will seem to be wrong diagnosis. 523 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:36,770 Is that what’s bothering you? 524 00:27:43,790 --> 00:27:46,060 Listen 525 00:27:46,060 --> 00:27:47,760 Six months ago, 526 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,970 I admit a guy, he is 25 years old, and appears healthy. 527 00:27:50,970 --> 00:27:54,270 He comes with the worst migraine of his life. 528 00:27:54,270 --> 00:27:56,410 The stiff neck, but that proves nothing. 529 00:27:56,410 --> 00:27:58,070 And Auster arrives? 530 00:27:58,410 --> 00:28:01,110 He prescribes meperidine against migraine 531 00:28:01,110 --> 00:28:02,750 without examining the patient. 532 00:28:02,750 --> 00:28:04,450 We can't do worse. 533 00:28:04,450 --> 00:28:06,480 It masks the symptoms meningitis 534 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:07,720 what the guy was suffering from. 535 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,580 We saved him Just barely. 536 00:28:12,020 --> 00:28:15,020 Now every time that Auster goes to the emergency room, 537 00:28:15,020 --> 00:28:17,690 I want to hide my patients. 538 00:28:25,030 --> 00:28:27,030 Hello, Dr. Simonson. 539 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:29,510 Sir. 540 00:28:29,510 --> 00:28:31,030 That will be all, thank you. 541 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:36,380 SO... 542 00:28:36,380 --> 00:28:38,510 are we ahead? 543 00:28:38,510 --> 00:28:40,780 We're done with Dr. Simonson. 544 00:28:40,780 --> 00:28:43,190 An intern, Mr. Stone. 545 00:28:43,190 --> 00:28:46,590 You are going to testify the cleaning lady? 546 00:28:47,590 --> 00:28:50,660 For the time I threw away a Kleenex and missed the trash. 547 00:28:50,660 --> 00:28:54,130 - Eddie - In this country doctors 548 00:28:54,130 --> 00:28:57,000 are constantly harassed by lawyers 549 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,000 who attack them for negligence. 550 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:04,030 And now it's the ministry public watching me. 551 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:06,580 For my next prescription, 552 00:29:06,580 --> 00:29:09,250 I should ask to the supreme court 553 00:29:09,250 --> 00:29:10,680 to vote on the dosage? 554 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:12,850 You will not get never a conviction, 555 00:29:12,850 --> 00:29:15,650 but a trial would tarnish the reputation. 556 00:29:15,650 --> 00:29:18,750 You want to give him the Nobel Prize? 557 00:29:18,750 --> 00:29:19,990 No. 558 00:29:19,990 --> 00:29:22,220 Quite simply a dismissal. 559 00:29:23,590 --> 00:29:26,160 Because of Dr. Auster, a young woman died. 560 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,800 A doctor, Mr. Stone, is not a magician. 561 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,230 If you were driving, the matter would be settled. 562 00:29:32,230 --> 00:29:34,170 When we practice medicine, 563 00:29:34,170 --> 00:29:37,070 sometimes a patient dies. 564 00:29:37,070 --> 00:29:38,770 And when we are man of law, 565 00:29:38,770 --> 00:29:40,340 some of the people that we continue 566 00:29:40,340 --> 00:29:42,000 are found guilty. 567 00:29:44,650 --> 00:29:47,340 Index of the accused, 1983. 568 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:51,550 Where are the computers when we need it? 569 00:29:51,550 --> 00:29:53,520 Here's a job for you. 570 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:56,630 Seizing Every Lawsuit Ever Filed in New York on your computer. 571 00:29:56,630 --> 00:29:59,090 Most negligence do not result in trials. 572 00:29:59,090 --> 00:30:02,100 - Do you have a better idea? - Go door to door, 573 00:30:02,100 --> 00:30:04,470 and ask if anyone saw Auster kill the patient? 574 00:30:04,470 --> 00:30:05,960 This is the next step. 575 00:30:07,870 --> 00:30:10,040 So. 576 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,060 It will save our soles. 577 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:14,580 Stivic against Auster, 578 00:30:14,580 --> 00:30:16,850 regarding death by Angela Stivic, 579 00:30:16,850 --> 00:30:18,710 aged 11. 580 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,180 When Dr. Auster's lawyer 581 00:30:22,180 --> 00:30:23,820 offered us a deal, 582 00:30:23,820 --> 00:30:27,590 my husband said, “Let’s accept. It will be over. 583 00:30:27,590 --> 00:30:31,530 You have to stop thinking to Angela all the time." 584 00:30:33,930 --> 00:30:36,200 We bought the apartment 585 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:37,860 and furniture. 586 00:30:38,930 --> 00:30:41,770 My husband sat down only once in this chair. 587 00:30:46,110 --> 00:30:47,700 Sorry. 588 00:30:52,110 --> 00:30:55,450 When Dr. Auster came out of Angela's room 589 00:30:55,450 --> 00:30:57,890 to say that they did not have was able to stop the bleeding 590 00:30:58,990 --> 00:31:00,820 His breath smelled of alcohol. 591 00:31:02,390 --> 00:31:04,190 Bourbon. 592 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,400 I just wanted hear Dr. Auster say, 593 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,770 "I killed Angela Stivic, 594 00:31:11,770 --> 00:31:14,500 the beautiful girl by George and Melanie Stivic." 595 00:31:18,270 --> 00:31:20,000 Excuse me. 596 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,470 Do you know the difference between Auster and a serial killer? 597 00:31:29,180 --> 00:31:31,020 The weapon. 598 00:31:34,690 --> 00:31:37,520 MANHATTAN SUPREME COURT THURSDAY JUNE 14 599 00:31:38,860 --> 00:31:41,870 You protested against administration of meperidine? 600 00:31:41,870 --> 00:31:44,000 I suggested acetaminophen, 601 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,240 but Dr. Auster got angry. 602 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,810 He said if I didn't like the way the hospital was managed, 603 00:31:48,810 --> 00:31:51,070 I should continue my training elsewhere. 604 00:31:51,070 --> 00:31:53,100 Thank you, Doctor. 605 00:31:54,210 --> 00:31:55,710 How long has it been 606 00:31:55,710 --> 00:31:58,550 is Dr. Auster a doctor, Dr. Risa? 607 00:31:58,550 --> 00:31:59,880 Raza. 608 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:02,940 I don't know. 25 years, maybe? 609 00:32:04,150 --> 00:32:07,520 And do you know where Did he study medicine? 610 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,550 - Harvard, I think. - That's right. 611 00:32:11,090 --> 00:32:12,930 How long has it been are you a doctor? 612 00:32:12,930 --> 00:32:14,260 Two years. 613 00:32:14,260 --> 00:32:16,170 I see. 614 00:32:16,170 --> 00:32:18,400 And where did you studied medicine? 615 00:32:19,770 --> 00:32:21,930 At the University of Peshawar. 616 00:32:23,770 --> 00:32:25,210 THANKS. 617 00:32:28,850 --> 00:32:31,480 Dr. Mills, were you presents on March 15 618 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:33,520 when Suzanne Morton was admitted? 619 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,050 Yes. 620 00:32:35,050 --> 00:32:37,290 What was your reaction? when Dr. Auster 621 00:32:37,290 --> 00:32:39,790 injected merepedine to Suzanne Morton? 622 00:32:39,790 --> 00:32:42,160 I said that his file indicated 623 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,190 that she was taking phenelzine. 624 00:32:44,190 --> 00:32:47,190 Meperidine was contraindicated. 625 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,170 And where did you studied medicine? 626 00:32:50,170 --> 00:32:51,720 At Harvard. 627 00:32:53,140 --> 00:32:54,660 THANKS. 628 00:32:59,710 --> 00:33:01,540 So according to your expert opinion, 629 00:33:01,540 --> 00:33:05,820 administration of meperidine combined with phenelzine 630 00:33:05,820 --> 00:33:07,650 killed Suzanne Morton? 631 00:33:07,650 --> 00:33:09,150 That's correct. 632 00:33:09,150 --> 00:33:11,280 No further questions. 633 00:33:12,590 --> 00:33:16,630 Is it true that a second examination toxicological was necessary 634 00:33:16,630 --> 00:33:19,160 to find meperidine and phenelzine 635 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:20,700 in the body by Suzanne Morton? 636 00:33:20,700 --> 00:33:24,570 Because these drugs are uncommon... 637 00:33:24,570 --> 00:33:26,640 - Thank you, Doctor. -...and we don't look for them 638 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:28,300 that if we are asked... 639 00:33:28,300 --> 00:33:31,040 - Thank you, Doctor. -...which was the case. 640 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,840 Is it not possible that a Did pneumonia kill Suzanne Morton? 641 00:33:36,510 --> 00:33:37,880 It is possible... 642 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,150 only deadly rays of Mars killed him... 643 00:33:41,150 --> 00:33:43,450 ...but I don't believe it. 644 00:33:48,890 --> 00:33:52,060 Dr. Auster spoke during the evening? 645 00:33:52,060 --> 00:33:55,270 Every five minutes. “Fill it up.” 646 00:33:55,270 --> 00:33:56,930 Was he having trouble to articulate? 647 00:33:56,930 --> 00:33:58,590 Not that I remember. 648 00:33:59,670 --> 00:34:01,440 Did he look drunk? 649 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,930 I have never seen anyone also hold alcohol well. 650 00:34:10,710 --> 00:34:15,150 During your many years research on alcoholism, 651 00:34:15,150 --> 00:34:18,020 have you ever observed people who seem sober 652 00:34:18,020 --> 00:34:19,960 but are, in fact, drunk? 653 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:21,820 It happens all the time. 654 00:34:21,820 --> 00:34:23,730 It could get to Dr. Auster? 655 00:34:23,730 --> 00:34:26,300 Objection. It could get to my aunt Minnie, 656 00:34:26,300 --> 00:34:28,230 - but that doesn't happen. - Granted. 657 00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:30,860 I will rephrase the question. 658 00:34:32,770 --> 00:34:35,030 If a 55 year old man 659 00:34:36,710 --> 00:34:38,440 weighing... 660 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,540 84 kilos, 661 00:34:40,540 --> 00:34:44,050 having consumed 10 glasses of bourbon in two hours, 662 00:34:44,050 --> 00:34:46,980 seems completely sober, 663 00:34:46,980 --> 00:34:49,490 does this mean that it is, indeed, 664 00:34:49,490 --> 00:34:51,920 in full possession of his means? 665 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:53,390 No. 666 00:34:55,190 --> 00:35:00,130 If this same man 55 years old, weighing 84 kilos, 667 00:35:00,130 --> 00:35:03,970 drinks a few drinks, appears to be sober 668 00:35:03,970 --> 00:35:05,760 and made a mistake 669 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,840 Would this error be necessarily caused by alcohol, 670 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:11,930 or could he have do it anyway? 671 00:35:12,940 --> 00:35:15,450 Obviously, it's impossible to say. 672 00:35:15,450 --> 00:35:19,280 You should be that man 55 years old to know. 673 00:35:29,690 --> 00:35:32,800 Auster was drunk at the bedside of Suzanne Morton, 674 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:34,560 and administered to him the fatal medicine. 675 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,330 Why do I feel to be on the ropes? 676 00:35:36,330 --> 00:35:39,800 Let's re-examine each piece of evidence and find what we missed. 677 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:43,740 That Auster is brilliant does not prevent that he made a mistake. 678 00:35:43,740 --> 00:35:46,270 And rejoice, we have the whole weekend. 679 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,540 PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE ADAM SCHIFF FRIDAY JUNE 15 680 00:35:51,180 --> 00:35:54,320 For five years, state health departments 681 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,490 have been notified of six incidents 682 00:35:56,490 --> 00:35:58,350 coming from this emergency service. 683 00:35:58,350 --> 00:36:00,890 Incidents... Nicely said. 684 00:36:00,890 --> 00:36:04,160 people died of undetermined cause. 685 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:05,860 The six times, 686 00:36:05,860 --> 00:36:07,800 no errors has not been proven. 687 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,800 Five of the cases took place nights 688 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:11,870 where Dr. Auster was in the emergency room. 689 00:36:11,870 --> 00:36:14,900 Interesting, not proof. 690 00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:17,240 Suzanne Morton, Angela Stivic, 691 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:20,140 a 25 year old guy with meningitis, 692 00:36:20,140 --> 00:36:22,280 these are statistical anomalies. 693 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,080 It's more than coincidences. 694 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:27,250 For the Morton case, impossible to prove 695 00:36:27,250 --> 00:36:30,920 that it is of a criminal act 696 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:32,920 and not from an unfortunate mistake. 697 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,860 If he knew that he was an alcoholic, 698 00:36:35,860 --> 00:36:39,560 drink before going to work was reckless and criminal. 699 00:36:41,060 --> 00:36:44,930 The crime has not took place in the emergency room, 700 00:36:44,930 --> 00:36:46,830 it took place to the cocktail. 701 00:36:48,170 --> 00:36:50,310 Excellent. 702 00:36:50,310 --> 00:36:51,910 Okay, okay. 703 00:36:51,910 --> 00:36:54,680 I'm an alcoholic and I know that I am an alcoholic. 704 00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,180 What do I do? Do I buy alcohol? 705 00:36:57,180 --> 00:36:59,880 We have enough receipts for bourbon to prove 706 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:02,480 This proves that he was drinking, not that he knew he was an alcoholic. 707 00:37:04,650 --> 00:37:06,360 Let's go see Alcoholics Anonymous. 708 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:09,590 No time to go at all meetings by tomorrow, 709 00:37:09,590 --> 00:37:11,790 and we found nothing in his diary. 710 00:37:16,470 --> 00:37:18,200 What? 711 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,470 When he left town, he called the office every day. 712 00:37:22,470 --> 00:37:25,910 Collect. Except when last fishing trip. 713 00:37:26,940 --> 00:37:30,480 Where did you spend the week of June 10, Mr. Hoffman? 714 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,450 In Maine, to fish. 715 00:37:32,450 --> 00:37:34,640 Edward Auster was he with you? 716 00:37:44,490 --> 00:37:47,490 Edward Auster was he with you? 717 00:37:49,770 --> 00:37:50,890 No. 718 00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:52,540 Did he ask you 719 00:37:52,540 --> 00:37:55,600 to say that he was with you? 720 00:37:57,610 --> 00:37:59,240 Yes. 721 00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:01,540 And for what reason, Mr. Hoffman? 722 00:38:02,550 --> 00:38:05,170 He didn't want let us know where he was. 723 00:38:06,550 --> 00:38:08,070 Why is that? 724 00:38:10,620 --> 00:38:12,460 He was embarrassed. 725 00:38:12,460 --> 00:38:14,010 And why? 726 00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:19,030 He was admitted in a clinic. 727 00:38:19,030 --> 00:38:20,800 Which clinic? 728 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:22,570 The Colson Clinic. 729 00:38:22,570 --> 00:38:25,530 What kind of clinic is it? 730 00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:28,830 Mr. Hoffman? 731 00:38:31,770 --> 00:38:33,640 A detox center. 732 00:38:35,140 --> 00:38:36,130 THANKS. 733 00:38:45,050 --> 00:38:47,260 During the first group session, 734 00:38:47,260 --> 00:38:51,030 Dr. Auster said he had completed his master's degree in three years. 735 00:38:51,030 --> 00:38:53,300 And became Chief Physician 736 00:38:53,300 --> 00:38:56,070 of a large New York hospital in less than 10 years. 737 00:38:56,070 --> 00:38:57,800 Nothing else? 738 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:01,130 That he had skipped fifth grade. 739 00:39:03,940 --> 00:39:06,770 Dr. Auster missed patience with our program. 740 00:39:08,610 --> 00:39:10,980 How long How long is your program? 741 00:39:10,980 --> 00:39:12,810 28 days. 742 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,450 How long Did Dr. Auster stay? 743 00:39:16,450 --> 00:39:18,020 Six days. 744 00:39:18,020 --> 00:39:19,760 He left despite our recommendations. 745 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,590 Would you say that Dr. Auster knew he was an alcoholic 746 00:39:22,590 --> 00:39:24,460 when he left? 747 00:39:24,460 --> 00:39:27,330 He wouldn't have come, if he hadn't known it. 748 00:39:27,330 --> 00:39:29,570 I have no further questions. 749 00:39:29,570 --> 00:39:31,530 Are you positive? 750 00:39:36,410 --> 00:39:39,140 I will ask you to limit your answers 751 00:39:39,140 --> 00:39:41,410 to my questions to a simple yes or no, 752 00:39:41,410 --> 00:39:44,680 in order to avoid delusions 753 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:46,850 including your last statement absolutely proves it. 754 00:39:46,850 --> 00:39:49,920 Do you understand, Dr. Rasmussen? 755 00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:51,420 Yes. 756 00:39:51,420 --> 00:39:53,410 Thanks very much. 757 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,830 Dr. Auster he told you, 758 00:39:57,830 --> 00:39:59,620 "I'm an alcoholic"? 759 00:40:00,630 --> 00:40:01,690 No. 760 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,740 In fact, Dr. Auster didn't he tell you, 761 00:40:05,740 --> 00:40:08,910 - "I'm not an alcoholic"? - You must understand 762 00:40:08,910 --> 00:40:11,270 Yes or no, Dr. Rasmussen, please. 763 00:40:11,270 --> 00:40:14,900 He said, "I'm not an alcoholic"? 764 00:40:20,620 --> 00:40:21,840 Yes. 765 00:40:25,050 --> 00:40:26,820 No further questions. 766 00:40:26,820 --> 00:40:29,260 You can dispose of it, Doctor. 767 00:40:30,530 --> 00:40:34,000 Was Dr. Auster discussing about his alcoholism with you? 768 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,600 My conversations with Dr. Auster 769 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:39,970 are a matter of secrecy professional. 770 00:40:39,970 --> 00:40:43,510 But you are also his friend. 771 00:40:43,510 --> 00:40:44,840 Yes. 772 00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:48,280 Where did you have lunch with him on June 7, 773 00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:49,680 in your office? 774 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:53,120 No, at the Four Seasons. 775 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:56,690 Have you examined Dr. Auster there? 776 00:40:56,690 --> 00:40:59,020 No. 777 00:40:59,020 --> 00:41:02,150 Did you charge for it? 778 00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,600 No, it was a... 779 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,570 - A lunch with friends? - Yes. 780 00:41:10,570 --> 00:41:12,970 In this case, no professional secrecy. 781 00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:18,630 Did you upset him during this lunch? 782 00:41:22,180 --> 00:41:23,580 Doctor? 783 00:41:25,010 --> 00:41:26,820 I I 784 00:41:26,820 --> 00:41:28,550 I told him 785 00:41:28,550 --> 00:41:30,710 that... 786 00:41:31,820 --> 00:41:35,020 if he didn't stop drinking, he would be dead in five years. 787 00:41:43,770 --> 00:41:45,700 THANKS. 788 00:41:45,700 --> 00:41:47,740 Does the defense want plead now, 789 00:41:47,740 --> 00:41:50,270 or after lunch break? 790 00:41:50,270 --> 00:41:53,810 We would like to call our only witness before noon. 791 00:41:53,810 --> 00:41:55,240 So do it. 792 00:41:55,240 --> 00:41:58,980 The defense calls Dr. Edward Auster. 793 00:42:04,890 --> 00:42:08,060 Thus the tragic death of a 6 year old child 794 00:42:08,060 --> 00:42:10,790 gave sight to a child 795 00:42:10,790 --> 00:42:12,760 and a new heart to another. 796 00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:15,700 The child who had the heart, is the star 797 00:42:15,700 --> 00:42:17,600 of his baseball team. 798 00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:22,870 How many doctors and members of their families 799 00:42:22,870 --> 00:42:24,600 did you treat in the last 10 years? 800 00:42:27,610 --> 00:42:29,450 I have no idea. 801 00:42:29,450 --> 00:42:31,980 I do. I did some research. 802 00:42:31,980 --> 00:42:33,820 More than 300. 803 00:42:33,820 --> 00:42:36,220 You are the type of doctor 804 00:42:36,220 --> 00:42:38,720 than other doctors choose. 805 00:42:38,720 --> 00:42:42,590 I hope to be worthy of this honor. 806 00:42:42,590 --> 00:42:44,490 My God. 807 00:42:44,490 --> 00:42:46,260 The defense is finished, Your Honor. 808 00:42:46,260 --> 00:42:48,030 Mr. Stone? 809 00:42:48,030 --> 00:42:49,900 The hour is almost up. 810 00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:52,900 Do you agree to question the witness after lunch? 811 00:42:52,900 --> 00:42:54,890 Of course, Your Honor. 812 00:42:56,870 --> 00:42:58,460 Well done. 813 00:43:46,990 --> 00:43:48,650 As much? 814 00:43:49,860 --> 00:43:54,430 For you, patients should know everything about their doctor? 815 00:43:54,430 --> 00:43:57,270 Yes of course. Where he was trained, by whom. 816 00:43:57,270 --> 00:43:58,970 His bad habits? 817 00:43:58,970 --> 00:44:01,200 I don't see why... 818 00:44:02,810 --> 00:44:06,540 Unless they alter his abilities as a doctor. 819 00:44:06,540 --> 00:44:09,240 Well, let's talk about that. 820 00:44:13,820 --> 00:44:15,850 Did you drink a drink today? 821 00:44:15,850 --> 00:44:18,220 Objection. Irrelevant. 822 00:44:18,220 --> 00:44:20,020 I allow the question. 823 00:44:23,230 --> 00:44:24,460 Yes. 824 00:44:24,460 --> 00:44:26,990 More than one? 825 00:44:30,130 --> 00:44:31,290 Yes. 826 00:44:33,100 --> 00:44:35,230 How much more? 827 00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:42,140 I'm not sure. 828 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:46,680 Do you remember, if it was rather two or five glasses? 829 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:48,650 I don't remember. 830 00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:51,950 Doctor, isn't it true 831 00:44:51,950 --> 00:44:54,560 that you drank six bourbons on the rocks 832 00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:57,990 at the Pub de la Chance, less than 45 minutes ago? 833 00:44:57,990 --> 00:44:59,930 Objection, Your Honor. 834 00:44:59,930 --> 00:45:01,160 Rejected. 835 00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:02,700 Go on, Mr. Stone. 836 00:45:02,700 --> 00:45:05,100 Can you come out from the box, Dr. Auster? 837 00:45:05,100 --> 00:45:06,200 Objection, Your Honor, 838 00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:07,970 my client has no not to get up. 839 00:45:07,970 --> 00:45:10,030 Can I come closer, Your Honor? 840 00:45:14,610 --> 00:45:17,080 What is there, Mr. Stone? 841 00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:19,010 Dr. Auster Does he appear drunk, Your Honor? 842 00:45:19,010 --> 00:45:20,480 What does that mean? 843 00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:23,190 I want to show that Dr. Auster is drunk. 844 00:45:23,190 --> 00:45:25,320 I vigorously oppose it. 845 00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:26,860 Rejected. 846 00:45:26,860 --> 00:45:28,980 Go on, Mr. Stone. 847 00:45:29,660 --> 00:45:32,220 Get out of the box, Doctor. 848 00:45:38,670 --> 00:45:41,070 Here is the manual of the New York Police Department. 849 00:45:41,070 --> 00:45:44,070 I will drive a standard test, 850 00:45:44,070 --> 00:45:46,040 used to determine if a person 851 00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:47,840 leading a motorized vehicle 852 00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:49,780 is under the influence of drink. 853 00:45:49,780 --> 00:45:52,050 This is an outrage. 854 00:45:52,050 --> 00:45:54,710 Do what Mr. Stone will tell you. 855 00:45:58,190 --> 00:46:00,260 Raise your arm 856 00:46:00,260 --> 00:46:02,460 at the level from your shoulders, 857 00:46:02,460 --> 00:46:04,030 close your eyes, 858 00:46:04,030 --> 00:46:07,260 and touch your nose with your index finger. 859 00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:27,750 Dr. Auster, will you appeal? 860 00:46:27,750 --> 00:46:30,450 - No, excuse me... - Push yourself. 861 00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:36,980 Congratulations. 862 00:46:41,100 --> 00:46:42,590 How did you know? 863 00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:49,730 My father. 864 00:46:51,510 --> 00:46:53,700 Every day at lunch. 865 00:47:01,950 --> 00:47:03,520 The characters of this episode are fictitious, 866 00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:04,990 any resemblance to people living or dead, 867 00:47:04,990 --> 00:47:05,850 would be a pure coincidence.