The Waiting Room
Release Date: September 26, 2012 (NY)
Studio: International Film Circuit
Director: Peter Nicks
Screenwriter: N/A
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: N/A
Website: WhatruWaitingfor.com
Starring: N/A
Plot Summary: "The Waiting Room" takes viewers into Oakland's Highland Hospital, a safety-net hospital fighting for survival while weathering the storm of a persistent economic downturn. Stretched to the breaking point, Highland is the primary care facility for 250,000 patients of nearly every nationality, race, and religion, with 250 patients--most of them uninsured--crowding its emergency room every day. The film offers a raw, intimate, and often uplifting look at how patients, staff and caregivers cope with disease, bureaucracy, frustration, hope and hard choices during one typically hectic day.
Release Date: September 26, 2012 (NY)
Studio: International Film Circuit
Director: Peter Nicks
Screenwriter: N/A
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: N/A
Website: WhatruWaitingfor.com
Starring: N/A
Plot Summary: "The Waiting Room" takes viewers into Oakland's Highland Hospital, a safety-net hospital fighting for survival while weathering the storm of a persistent economic downturn. Stretched to the breaking point, Highland is the primary care facility for 250,000 patients of nearly every nationality, race, and religion, with 250 patients--most of them uninsured--crowding its emergency room every day. The film offers a raw, intimate, and often uplifting look at how patients, staff and caregivers cope with disease, bureaucracy, frustration, hope and hard choices during one typically hectic day.
