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Hospital City

2004 47 min
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Shot at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland, this documentary reveals the workings of a contemporary health-care facility. Accompanied by hospital staff, we travel through labs, pharmacies, supply rooms, operating theatres and patient rooms from the maternity ward to the morgue. As debate in Canada and the world rages over health care, Hospital City offers a moving, human portrait of the people whom the issues touch most closely.

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Shot at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland, this documentary reveals the workings of a contemporary health-care facility. Accompanied by hospital staff, we travel through labs, pharmacies, supply rooms, operating theatres and patient rooms from the maternity ward to the morgue. As debate in Canada and the world rages over health care, Hospital City offers a moving, human portrait of the people whom the issues touch most closely.

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  • writer
    Rosemary House
  • director
    Rosemary House
  • producer
    Mary Sexton
    Kent Martin
  • director of photography
    Nigel Markham
  • editor
    Lyly Fortin
  • sound editor
    Paul Steffler
  • assistant sound editor
    Mark Neary
  • sound recordist
    Harvey Hyslop
  • additional sound recordist
    Vaughn Rowsell
  • special effects
    Chris Darlington
  • composer
    Duane Andrews
  • on-line
    Steve Cook
  • colour correction
    Steve Cook
  • closed captioning
    Roger Maunder
  • production manager
    Anna Petras
  • production accountant
    Cathy Corbett
  • production assistant
    Heather Eustace
  • stills photographer
    Justin Hall
  • driver
    Rod Jerret
  • executive producer
    Kent Martin
  • program administrator
    John William Lutz
  • production supervisor
    Patricia Coughran
  • commissioning editor
    Andrew Johnson

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Education

Ages 13 to 17
School subjects
Health/Personal Development - Disease Prevention Science - Biology
Students share their initial reactions to this film and ask if they've ever realized all the going-on's of a hospital and what it takes to make it tick. Students should compare hospitals from the late 19th century to now. What differences are noteworthy? How did Florence Nightingale make an impact? We take for granted the housekeeping staff in a hospital; society looks at this job in a negative way. What can we do as a society to show our appreciation? Have students volunteer in a hospital to observe various roles in a hospital. Invite a speaker into the class who is a hospital worker and is willing to share their job experience. Ask students to write in a journal if they've ever been to a hospital and stayed overnight. What was their care like? If they haven't been to the hospital, ask them to interview someone they know who has. Go to this website to find movies about health care
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