Diagnosis Murder: Season 8, Episode 5

The Patient Detective (9 Nov. 2000)

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Steve is rushed to hospital; Jesse operates him just fine, but while still under narcotic influence he believes to witness a murder by a doctor with a knife, or rather injecting him with a ... See full summary »

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Steve is rushed to hospital; Jesse operates him just fine, but while still under narcotic influence he believes to witness a murder by a doctor with a knife, or rather injecting him with a lethal syringe. One patient deceased around that time, Edgar Wellers, had quarreled with his wife Ashley, who thus avoids being left with a tiny settlement and is a retired nurse with a hospital pass and have him cremated too soon for a thorough second autopsy. Jesse has invested 'a truckload' in the pharmaceutical company which develops the promising cancer drug Lexomite, on the advice of a company saleswoman he dates, but didn't realize till Mark talks to him he may be suspected of insider trading, especially as his friend Dr. Heart informs him on the trials preceding the vital FDA approval. When the company's stock takes a dive, as the trials have run out of statistically sufficient numbers of living patients, the Sloanes suspect the killer could be connected to the program- this track has more ... Written by KGF Vissers

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