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When Dr. Bobby Kapur sits down to watch \u201cThe Pitt,\u201d he recognizes how truly it shows the emergency department that he works in as a physician.<\/p>\n
The Emmy-winning first season of the HBO Max drama portrayed 15 hours in the life of an emergency department of a fictional Pittsburgh city hospital, just about one hour at a time. There\u2019s no music or soundtrack, just the sound of the equipment, patients, physicians and staff, the same kinds of things you would hear at Allegheny Health Network<\/a>\u2018s Allegheny General Hospital on the North Side of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n \u201cYou do get the sense that you\u2019re embedded in the department,\u201d said Kapur, who not only works Friday nights in the AGH ED, but also is chair of the AHN Emergency Medicine Institute and president of AHN Emergency Medicine Management.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Pitt\u201d has had a busy week. Sunday during the Emmys, it won Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Noah Wyle plus Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Katherine LaNasa. Wyle, known for years for his role on medical drama \u201cER,\u201d portrays a senior attending physician. LaNasa plays the ED\u2019s charge nurse.<\/p>\n Click here to read more from our partners at the Pittsburgh Business Times. <\/a><\/p>\n Download the <\/b><\/i>FREE WPXI News app<\/b><\/i><\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Follow Channel 11 News on <\/b>Facebook<\/b><\/a> and <\/b>Twitter<\/b><\/a>. | <\/b>Watch WPXI NOW<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n