Just asERwas set in Chicago,The Pittshows the chaos of everyday emergencies in a Midwestern city.
Pittsburgh Magazinewrote an article detailing real-life Pittsburgh locations that were shown and mentioned duringThe Pitt.
All of this makesThe Pittfeel like it really does take place in Pittsburgh.
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That’s not the only meaning forThe Pittthough.
There’s also a second.
In 1973,TIMEmagazine published an article titled “Medicine: Professionals in the Pit”.
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I can’t go back to the ghost characters and basic romances.
How Accurate Do Medical Professionals Find ‘The Pitt’?
ERhad its share of relationship drama, but it also aimed to berealistic with its emergency room scenes.
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But is it really that accurate?
It’s more like24than anything else.
It’s raw and hard to look at sometimes, just like pits in reality.
There is no romanticizing of the profession in any way withThe Pitt.
