{"id":638327,"date":"2026-10-06T19:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T19:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/638327\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T19:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T19:16:11","slug":"medical-dramas-on-television-and-in-real-life-medical-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/638327\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical dramas on television and in real life | Medical drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Re Adrian Chiles\u2019s article on TV medical dramas (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2026\/sep\/30\/favourite-medical-drama-the-pitt\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I have a new favourite medical drama \u2013 and now I want to have a nasty accident in Pittsburgh, 30 September<\/a>), my wife (a nurse) and I were on a flight back from Malta when the pilot called for any doctor or nurse on board to assist the cabin crew. My wife went to the back of the plane and found a hysterical woman freaking out on one of the seats. Standing over her were a cabin crew member and another woman, \u201cattending\u201d her. My wife said: \u201cOh, are you a doctor or a nurse?\u201d She said: \u201cNo, I\u2019m an actress, but\u00a0I\u2019ve been in several episodes of\u00a0Casualty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The cabin crew member told her\u00a0to clear off, and my wife looked\u00a0after the hysterical woman.\u00a0Some of these actors really\u00a0get lost in their parts.<br \/>John Fisher<br \/>Eastleigh, Hampshire<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\"> Have an opinion on anything you\u2019ve read in the Guardian today? Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2026\/oct\/06\/mailto:guardian.letters@theguardian.com?body=Please%20include%20your%20name,%20full%20postal%20address%20and%20phone%20number%20with%20your%20letter%20below.%20Letters%20are%20usually%20published%20with%20the%20author%27s%20name%20and%20city\/town\/village.%20The%20rest%20of%20the%20information%20is%20for%20verification%20only%20and%20to%20contact%20you%20where%20necessary.\" data-link-name=\"in body link \" https:=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a> us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tone\/letters\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">letters<\/a> section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Re Adrian Chiles\u2019s article on TV medical dramas (I have a new favourite medical drama \u2013 and now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46],"class_list":["post-638327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}