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Emergency! A Critical Situation

1999 52 min
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Shot at the Pierre Boucher Hospital in Montreal, this film takes us into the emergency room to see how our healthcare system is holding up. What it reveals is a powerful indictment of management that sees only the bottom line while human lives are at stake.

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Shot at the Pierre Boucher Hospital in Montreal, this film takes us into the emergency room to see how our healthcare system is holding up. What it reveals is a powerful indictment of management that sees only the bottom line while human lives are at stake.

  • director
    Tahani Rached
  • script
    Tahani Rached
  • producer
    Éric Michel
  • cinematography
    Jacques Leduc
  • sound
    Marcel Chouinard
  • editing
    Hélène Girard
  • sound editing
    Marie-Claude Gagné
  • re-recording
    Shelley Craig
  • music
    René Lussier
  • musician
    Normand Guilbeault
    Claude Lavergne
  • participation
    Nicole Beaupré
    Jocelyne Dubois
    Francine Charbonneau
    Ghyslaine Fortin
    Marie-Jeanne Gignac
    Line Lafrenière
    Johanne Lagacé
    Michel Loiselle
    Rose Marie Mécarbané
    Richard Poissant
    Lucie Proteau
    Julie Saint-Laurent
    Daniel Lefrançois
    Sylvie Maguire
    Caroline Richard
    Claude Rivard
    Patsy Sab
    Lyne Santerre
    Odette Savoie
    Dany Vachon
    Alain Vadeboncoeur
    Sonia Wauthier

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