When Harry came to the hospital his arm was such a mess even the doctor shrugged when he looked at it. Seeing how bad it looked, how could he not help him (and perhaps save the arm) before calling the police? Would any real doctor act like that?
shareactually i don't think a doctor is allowed to call the police unless you are being a danger to yourself or others... Like if you're flailing about trying to stab people.
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Yes SOME doctors sadly do act like that... I once worked in a drug and alcohol detox and when people had to go to hospital because of serious withdrawals some doctors treated them as second class citizens... It's disgusting
shareI agree. One of the only things that didn't seem accurate in this movie.
shareVery true there's alot of ppl up there like that who look at drug users as disgusting..They don't think about how they might ruin someone's life or get them in trouble.All they know is it doesn't fit into their little squeaky clean world of morality and do the only thing they were taught how to go tell. I've run into these types of ppl all my life with no life experience or never been thru anything real in their life but yet feel that they know what is better for everyone else '..
Excellent description cholo. I think you hit the nail on the head in describing those types.
shareThis thing killed a big part of the movie for me. The showed doctors as morons. It's definitely true some doctors make mistakes, but this doesn't have to do with any mistakes !! As I said in another thread, any pre-med student would have told you this is an infarction that will most probably cause an amputation !! It was a massive plot hole with the doctor's facial expression and his reaction !
shareThat doctor should have treated him at the hospital and not have called the cops.
shareTo the OP- No a doctor would NOT call the cops AND not treat him. That was so ridiculous. That part totally reeked of, how do I want to say it, "made-up" info on the druggie life. I was really disappointed by that as well.
There was no reason to call the cops. In real life, he would have gotten some type of treatment, absolutely. I have no idea why Aronofsky put that in there.
There was no reason to call the cops. In real life, he would have gotten some type of treatment, absolutely. I have no idea why Aronofsky put that in there.
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I wonder that myself and while it was done for narrative sake and emotional impact, Harry didn't appear to be a threat. He was peddling drugs, but I doubt he would have had any on him at the time. The doctor's role is to treat his patient as he is required to and not dob him into the cops, just because he has a septic\infected arm due to needle use. No wonder the US prisons are so over-crowded with inmates for something that needn't involve incarceration, when there are other avenues available to treat drug users.
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That was a backwoods doctor who probably does not look at drug addicts as human. Thing is there are plenty of bad doctors out there. There are those that will ignore suffering if they somehow feel the person deserves it or just hate that person. There are plenty who will prescribe drugs just to rake in a bit more money.
One thought I have is that Harry would have a case to sue the hospital and jail. He was arrested while trying to get treatment for the infection and obviously denied treatment while in jail and he lost his arm due to that denied treatment. If he can get a lawyer motivated enough he could sue. Perhaps the lawyer will get the bulk of it though.
Heh! How ironic... THEY are the ones that are inhuman!
I know you can represent yourself in court, but not about the other way around...
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shareThe book was written in the 70s. I don't know how doctors were back then, but considering they still tend to treat drug users as second class citizens, I did not find it surprising.
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