Hospital - An Unhealthy Business

Hospital - An Unhealthy Business

1997 · 57 min · Documentary

St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, faces the challenge of treating patients with limited finance. Administrators, doctors and nurses plan how to cut costs by reducing the number of operations, closing wards and justifying every expenditure.

Directed by Catherine Marciniak · Written by Catherine Marciniak

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