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Tue 05 May 2004Visiting hours at Our Lady'sTV Scope I have to admit to having a soft spot for television programmes of a medical nature. However, they have to meet certain criteria before they can be included on my 'regulars' list. A good example would be Scrubs or ER, both of which have the required ingredients: a combination of fiction, gore and subtle humour with the bonus of a couple of good-looking docs, writes Marion Kerr.In contrast, documentaries that highlight the inadequacies and inequalities in our health system usually leave me so annoyed that an attack of migraine is unavoidable. So purely on health grounds, I avoid them!