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Dr. Gregory Pratt:
She was my patient!

Dr. Luka Kovac:
Yes, and if I hadn't treated her, she would still be here. Now she's at home and feeling better.

Dr. Gregory Pratt:
So, that's it? This is how I'm supposed to learn? Either I do it your way or you take it away from me?

Dr. Luka Kovac:
Pratt, I'm trying to teach you the way you practice medicine here is inefficient.

Dr. Gregory Pratt:
Oh, and letting babies die is?

Dr. Luka Kovac:
You really think you saved that kid today? For what? 24-hours nursing care. He's probably gonna require a lifetime committment. Are you gonna be around to give it to him?

Dr. Gregory Pratt:
Listen, I'm sorry I'm not in some mud-hut doing amputations with a pocketknife. We have the technology and expertise to give that kid a chance! What's the sense in having it if we don't use it?

Dr. Luka Kovac:
That kid has about a 5% chance of having a normal life. You have any idea how many other kids we could have treated with those resources?

Dr. Gregory Pratt:
I do everything I can for my patients! That's how I practice medicine. This is Chicago, not the damned Congo. Maybe you should go back to Africa.

Dr. Luka Kovac:
Maybe you should go to Africa.

Dr. Gregory Pratt:
I know you didn't just say that to me.

Dr. Luka Kovac:
Maybe then you'd learn that there's more to being a doctor than ordering tests and calling consults for every patient just to cover your ass.