The hospital scene was not accurate

Rating: Null/10 (24 February 2005)

I love the movie and I love Hillary Swank. She should get the Oscar. I loved the movie but, when it came to the hospital scenes, I can't believe that Clint Eastwood did not hire a medical consultant.
I have been a registered nurse for 31 years and have worked in rehab. I have worked with many quads and people with trachs and vents. People on vents and with trachs do not talk, unless they have had many weeks of rehab, and then the speech is not as strong and clear. The pressure ulcers don't happen unless the person has poor nursing care and if Frankie was at her side as the movie shows, she would have had good care. The leg gangrene maybe? If he wanted to assist her death, all he had to do was disconnect the vent. but, the alarm would have sounded. Just to unbelievable. It made the last part of the film not work for me. I was very disappointed.