Sloane-Kettering
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Sloane-Kettering invoked by Sam as prime expert source needing rapid mobilization for press validation of the pledge, highlighting logistical impossibilities that doom the initiative in this midnight reckoning.
Referenced by name as essential institutional ally
Positioned as indispensable gatekeeper whose cooperation is unattainable in timeline
Exposes chasm between White House ambition and medical world's deliberate pace
Sam urgently pitches Sloane-Kettering's elite cancer specialists as a beacon of hope to Millgate, invoking its storied role in past presidential health crusades, only for Millgate to reject it outright, underscoring the organization's symbolic might clashing against personal resolve in this intimate crisis.
Referenced directly as premier medical treatment option by Sam
Positioned as authoritative medical savior challenged and overridden by individual patient's refusal
Highlights tension between institutional medical prowess and human agency in end-of-life choices
Invoked by Sam as a beacon of elite cancer care—top specialists from past Bartlet eradication efforts—offered desperately as last hope against Millgate's terminal Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, highlighting clash of presidential medical legacy with personal finality.
Referenced verbally as hoped-for treatment resource
Positioned as aspirational savior challenged by Millgate's terminal reality and quiet refusal
Underscores limits of institutional medicine against inevitable mortality, echoing Bartlet administration's health policy ambitions
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