ABC News producer on what makes Johns Hopkins great
With the news yesterday that Hopkins, a six-part documentary series on the famed Baltimore Hospital, will air in prime-time on ABC starting June 26, we caught up with Terry Wrong, executive producer of the film.
We asked Wrong, who also produced the award-winning 2000 documentary Hopkins 24/7, for his thoughts on the world-renowned institution after spending months backstage filming the lives of patients, doctors and other medical workers.
"The amazing thing about Hopkins is the dedication of the people," the ABC News executive said. "There is also this tremendously layered intelligence. When you are working at Hopkins, you quickly come to understand that you are working with some of the smartest and most dedicated people in the world."
As to differences between Hopkins 24/7 and the film that will air this summer: "I think viewers will get a greater sense of the stress and toll such dedication takes on the lives of the people who work there. Yes, you will still see the amazing medicine they practice. But you will also get an incredibly intimate look at the lives of the doctors, residents and families at Hopkins."
Left: A scene from the original Hopkins 24/7 courtesy of ABC
