Wasn’t his whole job to solve a case that the other doctors couldn’t solve? When the average doctor’s competency couldn’t solve the case they’d turn it to House to use unconventional methods.
The in-universe explanation was that the hospital created his department for PR reasons so that they could say they are the best at diagnosing stuff and so attract more patients even though most patients would just go to regular departments. The PR worked and so House’s department would often get transferred patients from other hospitals too, when they couldn’t figure out what was happening to them. Regular people would also seek out House specifically when they felt like they weren’t getting the right treatment.
But my interpretation of it was that the whole PR thing was just an excuse Cuddy came up with to help House. She knew what he was capable of but also knew he would never fit in on any regular job so she created something specific for him. She’s the friend every ADHDer or autistic dreams of having.
Wasn’t his whole job to solve a case that the other doctors couldn’t solve? When the average doctor’s competency couldn’t solve the case they’d turn it to House to use unconventional methods.
Agreed but the way it’s solved isn’t through a way that seems to make sense. It always feels contrived to me.
I’ve seen doctors react on YouTube and they were like, “why would you run this test, this other test would have shown that”
Let me be clear, I know my opinion isn’t popular and it’s all make-believe. I’m not saying my dislike for the show is rational.
The in-universe explanation was that the hospital created his department for PR reasons so that they could say they are the best at diagnosing stuff and so attract more patients even though most patients would just go to regular departments. The PR worked and so House’s department would often get transferred patients from other hospitals too, when they couldn’t figure out what was happening to them. Regular people would also seek out House specifically when they felt like they weren’t getting the right treatment.
But my interpretation of it was that the whole PR thing was just an excuse Cuddy came up with to help House. She knew what he was capable of but also knew he would never fit in on any regular job so she created something specific for him. She’s the friend every ADHDer or autistic dreams of having.