Recently I wrote about the issue of organ transplantation being raised on the television drama series ER.
Last night we in Australia saw the final edition of this series on the incongrously-named channel GO! , 15 months after screening in the USA.
Noah Wyle's character Dr Carter has recovered from the effects of kidney transplant surgery, and has launched his philanthropic medical care centre named after his stillborn son.
He is hanging around his old stomping grounds at County General Hospital when a major disaster is called in - 8 people minimum injured in an electrical sub-station blast.
This segues to the final scene, providing a curtain call for the main players.
At the risk of being pedantic, I ask - should an organ transplantee (who therefore has a compromised immune system) be a medical practitioner? Especially a trauma doctor, with all manner of bodily fluids flying about?
Mind you, I was completely wrong about whether a transplantee could become a police officer.
But at the end of the day, who cares? A great finish to an historic series.









