Hopkins
The six-week documentary Hopkins is an inside look at real doctors and real patients at the renowned inner city Johns Hopkins Hospital emergency room. The ABC series premiered June 26, 2008 and is a sequel to the Hopkins 24/7 documentary that aired in 2000.
Fast Facts
- Premiere: June 26, 2008 10/9c
- Network:ABC
- Producer: Terence Wrong
- Run time: 60 minutes
- 1500 hours of filming went into the six-hour series
- Preceded by the 2000 documentary Hopkins 24/7
Premiere Episode
Former illegal immigrant from Mexico, Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa is a prominent brain surgeon and is a focus of the premiere episode. The personal lives of the Hopkins' surgeons and the consequence of their dedication is revealed. Stories of life-saving and death are explored as cameramen capture daily life in the hospital.
Johns Hopkins Hospital
The hospital was founded in 1889 in honor of Johns Hopkins, the Baltimore, Maryland millionaire who bequeathed seven million dollars to build the teaching hospital and The Johns Hopkins University.
Johns Hopkins Hospital was ranked #1 on the list of America's Best Hospitals for 2007 by U.S. News & World Report.1
Quotes
"I think there's a little bit of mystery of what happens in hospitals, and this was a way to get the story out -- this is what people do at hospitals when they care for people."—Edward D. Miller, Hopkins medical school dean.2
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