"Prescription for Death" is the first episode of the long-running

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''. It aired on September 13, 1990 on

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. Although it was the first episode of the series to air, it is not the

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. The pilot episode, "

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", which was filmed two years prior to the rest of the first season, aired as the sixth episode. "Prescription for Death" is based upon the death of

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Plot

Suzanne Morton dies after a visit to a hospital emergency room during a hectic night shift. Her father ( John Spencer), a former medic in

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, accuses the hospital of negligence and demands a police investigation.

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and Greevey question a doctor who made adjustments to her chart, but are soon led to the respected Dr. Edward Auster, whom they feel might have been drunk on duty. The other residents are reluctant to speak for fear of putting their jobs in jeopardy, and

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is faced with the awkward job of prosecuting a revered physician.

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* {{Law & Order Law & Order episodes 1990 American television episodes American television series premieres