A Brief Summary Of The Documentary The Waiting Room

The documentary The Waiting Room directed by Peter Nicks, focuses on a typical 24 hour day in the over-crowded and under-resourced emergency room of Highland Hospital in Oakland, California. Within this hospital is a group of compassionate professionals that strive to provide the best quality care they can for such a diverse population that have been living without health insurance. Many of these Americans find themselves stuck for hours at this public hospital because they are given numbers and are called according to the number of rooms and doctors available. Their waiting time may also increase if there is rush of trauma patients that need immediate attention. Over the course of this documentary, you meet people and learn about their life