Location

Smith-Lansing

Sterile hospital corridors await Dr. Mohebi's return to examine the Ayatollah's teenage son, the sole candidate for a critical heart-and-lung transplant. Monitors pulse with vital signs, nurses shuttle equipment past locked doors, and the air carries sharp antiseptic notes undercut by tension. Staff coordinate under presidential directive, the space a secure hub for medical assessment amid diplomatic urgency and Iranian threats.

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Detailed Involvements

Events with rich location context

S4E9 · Swiss Diplomacy

A President's Promise: Mohebi Agrees to Operate

Smith-Lansing is invoked by Bartlet as the immediate medical staging area where Dr. Mohebi should return to examine the boy. It functions as the proximate clinical site that will host assessment and, potentially, preparatory intervention before transfer to a tertiary center.

Atmosphere

Clinical and urgent in implication — a place where sterile, decisive action must replace political debate.

Functional Role

Nearby hospital / medical staging area for initial assessment and treatment.

Symbolic Significance

Represents the immediate domain of medical duty where political arguments must yield to patient care.

Access Restrictions

Standard hospital security and clinical access rules; implied restricted access to medical staff and authorized personnel.

Sterile corridors and clinical urgency implied by Bartlet's order. A place where scrubbing up and hands-on assessment occur; the command to 'go back' implies movement and haste.

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S4E9 · Swiss Diplomacy

A President's Promise: Mohebi Agrees to Operate

In the Outer Oval, President Bartlet confronts Dr. Essan Mohebi — the only surgeon capable of a life‑saving heart-and-lung transplant for the Ayatollah's teenage son. Mohebi refuses on moral grounds …