Dr. Joe Sachs, a medical doctor and co-executive producer on the Emmy-winning hit show, “The Pitt,” relayed a story that a physician viewer had posted online:

“I was working a night shift in the ER at two in the morning and a 92-year-old woman with a heart attack came in and was not doing well. The family said, ’You know, doctor, you can stop right there. We’ve been watching ‘The Pitt’ and we’ve seen how much suffering can be caused by resuscitation efforts when there’s no meaningful hope, and we would just like to have comfort care.’ ”

The HBO Max series — which is set at a fictional Pittsburgh hospital and is partially filmed at Allegheny General Hospital on the North Side — reaches 10 million viewers. Its second season returns on Jan. 8.

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