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'Grey's Anatomy': Real-Life Doctors Dissect the Drama

From left, Vanessa Ngakeng, Ben Gbulie, Michangelo Scruggs, Gautam Siram and Mustafa Loiy watch the ABC show in a Howard University Hospital lounge. (By Bill O'leary -- The Washington Post)

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Siram: "They coded [tried to resuscitate] for like four hours."

Ngakeng: "No, like half a day."

Gbulie: "Then she was resuscitated and she got up a half-hour later."

Oh, and she went back to work practically the next day -- and threw an impromptu dinner party after her shift.

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Scene: Izzie and George are sitting on the floor of the house, drinking from a large bottle of whiskey, pouring shots.

So what happens after the shift at Howard? Do you guys head out together, and hang out for hours, drinking booze and bonding?

"It's actually just us alone, sitting on the floor drinking," Siram jokes.

"All by ourselves!" Scruggs adds.

Now comes the final scene, which involves -- what else? -- two more people who shouldn't be together, naked in bed. As the show ends, the Howard residents get up, check their pagers and head out in different directions.

Time to go back to the ordinary, unsexy dramas of real medicine.

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