- Kit Voss: Couldn't you have taken him to Yates University Hospital? Their ED must've been closer.
- Conrad Hawkins: Oh, we tried. We sent the amputation there, but when we called with the gunshot ten minutes later, Yates said they were diverting. Both know what that means.
- Kit Voss: Blunt trauma victims... Car crashes, workplace injuries... Tend to be middle class, well-insured. A private hospital like Yates is happy to take them and make a nice little profit.
- Conrad Hawkins: Yeah, money talks, and penetrating trauma victims... Shootings, stabbings... Are usually uninsured.
- Kit Voss: And get sent to public hospitals like Chastain, and we suck up the cost.