He's an interesting, quirky character. But I cannot believe that any hospital has a senior doctor and 2-3 underlings (residents? I haven't watched the show enough to know what they are) dedicate days or weeks to a single patient, call up any test they can think of, etc., etc. Most of the doctors I've come across have about 30 patients at a time and if you're in the hospital (even in the ICU) you're very lucky to see them for 2 minutes once a week.

I haven't seen "Rescue Me" or "Madmen".

Cheers,
Scott.