Doctor Shames Alcoholic Mother, Then Discovers She's Gravely Ill | New Amsterdam | MD TV

A doctor harshly judges her alcoholic mother (guest star Gina Gershon), only to uncover that her mother is suffering from a serious illness.

From New Amsterdam Season 4, Episode 5 "This Be the Verse": Dr. Fuentes continues her quest to remake the hospital in her vision; Max goes the extra mile to help a patient in need; Dr. Sharpe and Iggy find themselves at odds over a serious issue.

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[TheGuyFromMars]

That is why when your family member is a patient, you don't get too much involved, coz your bias and emotions will mess up the case...

[jarednil]

The doctor shouldn't even be involved with her mother's care. 😮

[marvolom]

Two things can be true at once: mother having real illness and her being an abusive addict.

[lindahamilton]

I missed clear symptoms of CHF in my mother. After working in referral medicine for 20 years - in cardiology. Duh. Don't work on your family! You just don't see the same way. Objectivity is impossible.

[Kahli]

They're completely wrong about endometriosis being hard to diagnose, there IS a definitive test for it - an exploratory laparoscopy. It's only "hard to diagnose" because women's pain is dismissed, downplayed, and there's no care given if it involves periods.

[RocknRoll-pq]

That doctor needs a doctor more than her mother. They doesn't even know how to treat and behave with a pathetic addict, treating your mother as a patient is secondary.

[lizholden]

Not just that but medical professionals must be objective and make tough decisions for their patients vs family

[titichartay]

As a woman in my late 60's who had endemetriosis & eventually surgery to remove growths - there wasn't any pain relief available, like most women just grin & bear it.

[nvm]

Bloom definitely has a interactive experience with her family which definitely causes issues because bloom doesn’t want to work with them but she is a doctor after all which definitely is good but she definitely gets emotional

[jayleighbear]

it’s also possible for the addiction and the need for pain relief to be true. the mom could take pain pills to avoid the agony of undiagnosed and untreated endometriosis which led to an addiction. pain pills are some of the easiest things to become addicted to without question bc it often starts as a real prescription needed for real pain

[MusicLoverMN]

I feel for the moms pain. I have invisible illnesses and pain etc. I look fine but feel like I'm dying. Don't judge. You don't know.

[cardinalbob]

The worst kind of betrayal, and sorry doesn’t always cut it.

[lctamoya]

I have endometriosis and I have to take morphine every 12hours. My left upper abdomen. Is also more swollen than the rest of it and it hurts to touch my abdomen I can't even wear bra with bone. They continue 2 ignore it. Now am thinking might be a cyst

[jldog]

Gina Gershan Don't age she's looked the same since Out for Justice and Face Off

[SeMPlayzk]

Why do so many doctors dismiss this? It is so sad what this condition can do to a woman.

[xMrix]

You also cannot deny a patient from getting treatment. Isn’t that illegal??

[jazzybash]

This is rich considering the doctor is an addict too and that’s one of the many reasons why doctors aren’t supposed to treat their relatives.

[Mynameislikebutton]

For it to be so hard to diagnose she did it fairly easy

[calvingaston]

I wonder can she sue her daughter?!😂 Even though it’s a tv show! The daughter was in unprofessional as a doctor! This episode reminds me of the lady who was turned away from the hospital and then the police played her too in the worse way because she later died in their car in the backseat ! She was telling them her chest felt heavy like someone was sitting on her and she was either a drug addicted or an alcoholic but what does that matter if someone comes in your the hospital doctor is supposed to treat us! Or sue! The real doctor was the one who still took the tests!

[rileymiller]

I saw the first two seconds and immediately yelled Gina