Mark Harmon has an impressive resumé spanning decades. The actor is best known for his role as Leroy Jethro Gibbs in the long-running police procedural NCIS. However, before he led the team at NCIS, he played a crucial role that was ahead of its time. Here’s how Mark Harmon’s role in St. Elsewhere was groundbreaking in the ’80s.
The overview of ‘St. Elsewhere’ Mark Harmon wears blue scrubs in this ‘St. Elsewhere’ cast portrait | Gary Null/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
St. Elsewhere was a medical drama set at the fictional St. Eligius Hospital, which earned the nickname “St. Elsewhere” due to its status as a lesser-equipped medical facility. However, despite the hospital’s reputation, the staffers cared about their patients, and St. Eligius employed first-rate doctors.
The show followed the employees as they dealt with low funding, lack of up-to-date equipment, and personal and professional lives,...
The overview of ‘St. Elsewhere’ Mark Harmon wears blue scrubs in this ‘St. Elsewhere’ cast portrait | Gary Null/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
St. Elsewhere was a medical drama set at the fictional St. Eligius Hospital, which earned the nickname “St. Elsewhere” due to its status as a lesser-equipped medical facility. However, despite the hospital’s reputation, the staffers cared about their patients, and St. Eligius employed first-rate doctors.
The show followed the employees as they dealt with low funding, lack of up-to-date equipment, and personal and professional lives,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Produced by Digital Editors
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Before “ER,” “Chicago Hope” and “The Good Doctor,” there was a great little medical drama called “St. Elsewhere.” Today, it’s not unusual to have topics like rape, abortion, domestic abuse, breast cancer discussed. But 40 years ago, such issues were taboo. Much as “Hill St. Blues” revolutionized police dramas in the early 1980s, “St. Elsewhere” pushed boundaries and opened discussions about issues that affected viewers everywhere.
“St. Elsewhere” refers to hospitals who take in the patients no other hospital wants to deal with; the fictitious St. Eligius is such an institution in Boston, a teaching hospital with more budget issues than personnel. But within the crumbling walls is a staff of doctors and nurses who struggle to provide the best care possible for the string of often difficult to diagnose, difficult to understand and difficult to tolerate patients who come through the doors, while balancing their personal lives and own...
“St. Elsewhere” refers to hospitals who take in the patients no other hospital wants to deal with; the fictitious St. Eligius is such an institution in Boston, a teaching hospital with more budget issues than personnel. But within the crumbling walls is a staff of doctors and nurses who struggle to provide the best care possible for the string of often difficult to diagnose, difficult to understand and difficult to tolerate patients who come through the doors, while balancing their personal lives and own...
- 10/14/2022
- by Susan Pennington and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
So sad. Shocking new images show an Arizona town burned to the ground by a wildfire that took place on June 30, where 19 courageous firefighters lost their lives.
An Arizona town and surrounding forest burned to the ground on June 30. Sadly, 19 courageous firefighters lost their lives battling the wildfire.
Arizona Wildfire — Pics Of Town Burned To The Ground
New devastating photos show 200 homes and 8,400 acres burned to the ground and charred in and around Yarnell, Arizona.
More than 1,000 people have evacuated the area, but no one has been more affected than the families of the 19 young firefighters who lost their lives in this horrific fire, which broke out after a lightning strike.
The brave men, whose average age was just 27, were killed by the flames in seconds. Their bodies were retrieved from the mountain where they died on July 1 — many had young families.
“It had to be a perfect storm in order for this to happen,...
An Arizona town and surrounding forest burned to the ground on June 30. Sadly, 19 courageous firefighters lost their lives battling the wildfire.
Arizona Wildfire — Pics Of Town Burned To The Ground
New devastating photos show 200 homes and 8,400 acres burned to the ground and charred in and around Yarnell, Arizona.
More than 1,000 people have evacuated the area, but no one has been more affected than the families of the 19 young firefighters who lost their lives in this horrific fire, which broke out after a lightning strike.
The brave men, whose average age was just 27, were killed by the flames in seconds. Their bodies were retrieved from the mountain where they died on July 1 — many had young families.
“It had to be a perfect storm in order for this to happen,...
- 7/2/2013
- by Christopher Rogers
- HollywoodLife
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