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"Point
of Origin"
Original Air Date: April 8, 1999
Episode
Number: #110
Director: Christopher
Misiano
Writer: Christopher Mack
Description: Benton forfeits the opportunity to visit
a total communication school for Reese because Romano changes the time
of an operation being performed by cardiothoracic guru Dr. Gary
Weinstein (MATTHEW FAISON). Weaver visits a 70-year-old woman in a
board-and-care home whom she believes is her biological mother.
Extremely ill, the woman has a DNR (do not resuscitate) order, but
Weaver calls the paramedics anyway and accompanies her to the emergency
room. Weaver medically treats the dying woman. Later, Weaver realizes
the woman cannot possibly be her mother. Carter acts as
"senior-for-a-day" in a program designed as part of his chief
resident application. He doles out work in the emergency room. Carter
believes a 4-month-old infant he's treating is a victim of child abuse,
but he later discovers the baby has a brittle bone disease, causing her
bones to break easily. Lucy begins her psychiatric rotation, but the
patients don't take her seriously because she's so young. Corday  discusses
a trauma surgery fellowship possibly offered out of the emergency room
with Benton. Corday hopes she gets it and becomes angry when she
discovers afterward that Benton expressed an interest in it to Weaver.
Benton now realizes the fellowship was Corday's idea. Denise Dwyer (ANNA
GUNN), a public defender immigration attorney, visits Greene to discuss
Mobalage's upcoming deportation hearing. Mobalage must testify about his
torture, or he will be deported. He recalls his abduction but not the
horrible torture. Even psychiatrist Dr. Sadowinski (PETER RATRAY -
"Stonewall") cannot help Mobalage remember. Afraid that
Mobalage will be deported, Greene figures out a way to get Mobalage to
remember. Coco, a paranoid schizophrenic that Greene recently treated,
delivers her baby on the street, and both are rushed to the emergency
room. She stopped taking her medicine in order to insure the health of
her baby. Coco is afraid the authorities will take the baby away from
her. Hathaway becomes involved in the case. Finally, Hathaway makes an
appointment to consult an obstetrician about her own pregnancy.
Pictures: (from ERcaps.com)
>> Nurse
Carol Hathaway
>> Dr.
Greene and Mobalage
>> Dr.
Benton and His Son
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