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Northwell Health’s Top Notch Medical Team Featured in Netflix’s Upcoming Docuseries, “Emergency NYC”
Docuseries Gives a Behind-The-Scenes Looks at the Intense Daily Lives of Northwell’s Nurses, Surgeons, Paramedics & More
Edited by: TJVNews.com
There are 2.7 million medical calls placed in New York City every year. A great deal of these emergency situations are responded to by the internationally renowned team of physicians, nurses, surgeons, paramedics and more at New York City’s Northwell Health network of hospitals.
An exclusive look at Netflix’s upcoming docuseries Emergency NYC, premiering March 29, shows the pulse-pounding reality of what happens after those calls are made, as was reported by E! News (eonline.com)
“The show provides an intense, merciless, day-to-day portrait of a group of emergency medical workers across New York City,” the streamer described, the E! News report said. “We witness the struggles and triumphs of a helicopter flight nurse, transplant surgeons, paramedics, trauma surgeons and neurosurgeons, while they give everything they have to help those who need it most.”
Emergency NYC was developed by Ruthie Shatz and Adi Barash, the same team behind Netflix’s 2020 docuseries “Lenox Hill,” which highlighted the lives of four doctors at Manhattan’s Lenox Hill Hospital.
“We wanted to portray the vital importance of each individual, while revealing the complexity of the health system and its many moving parts,” Ruthie and Adi exclusively told E! News about Emergency NYC. “Their raw acts of humanity are usually only witnessed during the most fragile moments of a person’s life, but are necessary for all to see.”
Many medical professionals at Northwell Health were featured in the Netflix docuseries and the viewer gets an intimate glance into the exceptional dedication and devotion that each Northwell doctor, nurse, paramedic and more puts in to saving the lives of each patient.
“I could not think of a better network of hospitals in New York City to feature in a Netflix docuseries than Northwell Health, “ said Sam, 42, of Brooklyn who spoke with the Jewish Voice.
After his father’s life was saved after experiencing a brain aneurysm by the Northwell team of medical professionals, Sam says that the staff was “incredibly amazing” in every way. “The superlative level of care that my father received, the professionalism that was displayed at all times and the compassion and utter devotion to my father and other patients is what places Northwell a huge cut above the rest of the hospitals in the city,” he said.
Sam added, “I can tell you that the staff at Northwell includes the very best doctors in the world. My father’s case was handled by many medical professionals at Northwell and I can honestly say that there was not even one of them that was subpar. It was like dealing with a ‘dream team’ of doctors and for that and much, much more I will be eternally grateful to Northwell Health in New York City.”
The trailer of the Netflix docuseries shows the dire case of a 5-year-old with respiratory syncytial virus (a.k.a. RSV), whose condition is described as “sick and critical.”
For Dr. Jose Prince, Director of Pediatric Surgery at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, participating on the series provided a chance to shine a light on the specific plights of his field.
Dr. Prince exclusively told E! News, “It’s important for the world to get an inside look at some of our toughest pediatric cases—especially the treatment of gun violence victims—that we as physicians see too often.”
Dr. John Boockvar, the Vice Chair of Neurosurgery at Lenox Hill, argued, “I can think of no better time in history for a docuseries like Emergency NYC.”
“Like Lenox Hill before it, Emergency NYC is honest and transparent,” he continued exclusively to E! News, “a beautiful lens into what happens behind the scenes in the hectic medical world in New York City.”
While the doctors and other medical professionals have their professions highlighted, the heart of Emergency NYC lies with the millions of citizens that they seek to serve on a daily basis, according to the E! News report.
“Sirens are the soundtrack of the city,” a voice in the trailer says. “And many of those sirens are people in need.”
This new docuseries follows the lives of a diverse cast of healthcare pros, including David Langer, MD, and his patient Julian Primiano, a young opera singer who underwent brain surgery.
Dr. Langer is the chair of neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital, one of several Northwell hospitals where filming took place. Others include: Cohen Children’s Medical Center, North Shore University Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Huntington Hospital and South Shore University Hospital. Cameras even followed one Sky Health flight nurse through her day-to-day working Northwell’s state-of-the-art emergency helicopter service.
In a recent podcast, Dr. David Langer said, “We’re not just COVID doctors and COVID nurses. We’re not just healthcare heroes. We didn’t just show up in March of 2020. This is something we do every day with the different pieces of the puzzle in Emergency NYC reflect that. From the helicopters to the ambulance driver to the nursing and to, obviously, us as surgeons. And I think we can all celebrate this show as a reflection of what we do individually, what we do as a healthcare system and what we do as a healthcare provider for the greater good.”
Hosting the podcast was Dr. Sandra Lindsay who said to Dr. Langer and his patient Julian, ‘your stories in Emergency NYC were just so powerful and I am encouraging everyone to go out now and stream Emergency NYC. All episodes are on Netflix and ready to go.”
Of the upcoming docuseries, Dr. Langer said, “I think the series is much more, it’s bigger. It’s a reflection of the disparate parts of not just a hospital or a patient experience. This is a very broad look at lots of different pieces of a large healthcare system in the greatest city in the world. And I think there are a couple of things in the trailer about the sirens being the soundtrack of the city.”
He added, “That I think is really true. The siren means that somebody’s struggling. I think as tough as it is to, sometimes when that thing goes by — I hear one now — I reflect on that. And I think that, to me, that’s with the show does. A siren is the first step. It’s a call for help and then that’s when that switch gets flicked and initiates a series of dominoes that hopefully results in a great outcome like Julian had. So I think perhaps that’s the gift the show is trying to portray. It’s up to the public whether there’s something to that or not. I think it will. But I think that’s what I’m most excited about.”
