Larry Saves the Canadian Healthcare System – Ep. 3/11

A research-informed satirical musical in 11 episodes.
Ep3: Larry’s investigation leads from ER to hospital ward to nursing home – each packed with patients who ought to be someplace else.
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Series Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ_s2kV-Rv8zaK_a3qjQiZgaVpKQLfL-
Next Episode (E4): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJuV_qWEiJw&list=PLXJ_s2kV-Rv8zaK_a3qjQiZgaVpKQLfL-&index=4

We would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to frontline healthcare providers. While we may satirize the system, we are deeply grateful to the people working within it – during the pandemic and beyond.

Scroll to the bottom for lyrics.

00:00 Opening Credits
00:23 Scene 1 (I’m here to interview the Emergency doctor)
1:08 Song (“We Can’t Decant”)
3:59 Scene 2 (Date night)
4:43 Closing Credits

Music, Lyrics & Screenplay by Sara Kreindler
Directed by Ann Hodges

Featuring
Toby Hughes (Larry)
RobYn Slade (Amber)
Dutchess Cayetano (Dr. Caylao)
Rochelle Kives (Nurse Manager)
Katie German (Home Care Director)
David Watson (Nursing Home Director)

Director of Photography – Braiden Watling
Head of Post-Production – Milos Mitrovic
Editor and Sound Mastering – Ethan Ani
VX Compositor and Sound Design – Jasper Elnart
Music Supervisor and Orchestrator – Paul De Gurse
Choreographer – Matthew Armet
Costume Designer, Set Decorator & Costume Set Supervisor – Leanne Foley
First Assistant Director – Sky Cambly-Maki

For Dr. Kreindler’s Team
Production Manager – Tasia Geras
Set and Property Manager – Jamie Plummer
Set and Property Assistant – Zoë Leclerc-Kennedy
Recording Engineer – Chris Coyne
Mixing Engineer – Henry Kreindler
Production Assistant and Creative Consultant to Dr. Kreindler – Reena Kreindler

For Tripwire Media Group
CEO & Executive Creative Director – Doug Darling
Executive Account Manager – Colin Fraser
Production Manager – Jamie Kerr
Account Manager – Sheyanne Bruyere
Assistant Camera – Josh Goossen
Sound Recordist – Tom Groom
Hair and Makeup – Sarah Brooker
Craft Services and Catering – Les Filles Cuisine

Images from Dreamstime (Luckydoor), Pexels.com, rawpixel.com, Upixa2 from Dreamstime, Element Envato
Sound effects from Zapsplat.com, Soundly, Element Envato
Incidental music: “Love or Lust” by Quincas Moreira

Filmed at Unit 204, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Songs recorded at the Royal MTC Tom Hendry Digital Studio
Made with the generous support of ACTRA and the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA)

We gratefully acknowledge funding from Research Manitoba

Produced by TRIPWIRE MEDIA GROUP

LYRICS

We Can’t Decant

DR. CAYLAO:
We can’t decant
Emergency can’t decant
We’re hanging on by the thinnest threads
But all the wards say they’ve got no beds
We can’t decant
Those patients waiting in the waiting room are at the risk of harm
Sometimes we pull the fire alarm
But still it seems that no one cares
They say, “You can’t just let admitted patients sit there in the halls”
So we don’t admit they’re in the halls
Or we fit them in the halls upstairs.

NURSE MANAGER:
We can’t decant
The hospital can’t decant
Just show me any two-foot square space
I’ll show you an alternative care space
We can’t decant
There’s patients waiting for a nursing home who sit here by the week
And those whose needs are more unique
Well, that kind leave me close to tears.
All day I’ve phoned around and found there’s nowhere you can fit someone
Who just bit someone
One little nibble and they stay for years.

NURSING HOME DIRECTOR:
We can’t decant
The nursing home can’t decant
For I can give you my word wholehearted
Our only departures are the departed
We can’t decant

HOME CARE DIRECTOR:
Now he’s got folks in there who could have lived at home with home support
Except our budget’s kinda short
Our home care caseloads are sky-high
So we say no, we’d need more dough to ease the strain on nursing homes
And they remain in nursing homes

NURSING HOME DIRECTOR:
Until they die.

DR. CAYLAO:
Come and take your patients, it’s just not fair!

NURSE MANAGER:
Not until you start pulling into long-term care.

NURSING HOME DIRECTOR & HOME CARE DIRECTOR:
Better cough up the cash if you want us to pull.

DR. CAYLAO & NURSE MANAGER:
Our pockets are empty ’cause our wards are full!

ALL:
So in case you didn’t hear our rant
We can’t. . . .de. . . cant!
We can’t!

[c] Adi Sara Kreindler, 2022
www.larrysaveshealthcare.com

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