| Medical Story | |
|---|---|
 Ann Sothern and Robert Forster in "The Moonlight Healer". | |
| Genre | Anthology series Medical drama |
| Created by | David Gerber Abby Mann |
| Directed by | Richard Benedict Robert L. Collins Gary Nelson (director) Paul Senesky Paul Wendkos |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | David Gerber Productions Columbia Pictures Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 4, 1975 – January 8, 1976 |
Medical Story is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1975, until January 8, 1976.
This was an anthology series about issues in the medical field, making it into the medical equivalent of Police Story.[1]
(in alphabetical order)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Medical Story" | Gary Nelson | Abby Mann | September 4, 1975 | |
| A young intern wants to save a patient from a needless hysterectomy. 2 hour episode. | |||||
| 2 | "The Right to Die" | Don Medford | Tim Maschler | September 11, 1975 | |
| A dying elderly woman is being pressured into surgery. | |||||
| 3 | "The God syndrome" | Paul Wendkos | Arthur A. Ross & Larry Brody | September 18, 1975 | |
| A young surgeon sees medical challenges and not human beings when he looks at his patients. | |||||
| 4 | "Test Case" | Unknown | Abby Mann | September 25, 1975 | |
| A right-to-life group targets a doctor after he forgoes an attempt to save a fetus during an abortion. | |||||
| 5 | "A Life in the Balance" | Unknown | Unknown | October 18, 1975 | |
| A medical student feels the pressure of working at a large hospital. | |||||
| 6 | "An Air Full of Death" | Ralph Senensky | George Bellak | October 9, 1975 | |
| A doctor investigates cancer-causing chemicals. | |||||
| 7 | "Million Dollar Baby" | Paul Wendkos | E. Arthur Kean | October 23, 1975 | |
| A doctor gets a malpractice suit from a woman he helped deliver 22 years earlier. | |||||
| 8 | "The Moonlight Healer" | Richard Benedict | Abby Mann | October 30, 1975 | |
| A first year resident moonlights in the emergency room. | |||||
| 9 | "Wasteland" | Unknown | Abby Mann | November 13, 1975 | |
| A doctor tries to convince his low-income patients into being sterilized. | |||||
| 10 | "Us Against the World" | Unknown | Rita Lakin | December 4, 1975 | |
| Three female interns have to deal with a leukemia patient, a chauvinistic surgeon and an unstable child. | |||||
| 11 | "Woman in White" | Unknown | Unknown | December 11, 1975 | |
| A doctor wants a breast cancer patient to have a less radical surgery. | |||||
| 12 | "The Quality of Mercy" | Robert L. Collins | Robert L. Collins | January 8, 1976 | |
| A group of doctors fight a board of supervisors who are unwilling to allocate funds to raise public health standards. 2 hour episode. | |||||
