I wish there was a state-of-the-art hospital
All sterile and overstaffed
Surgeons with stethoscope ears
To hear the pulse of the troubled poets
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Alan Alda and McClain Stevenson immediately came to mind. Hawkeye and Trapper John. Wonderful poem.
Your poem is so very true, so many people suffer from within, and it can be seen in many people's art. When I was young I was one of the tortured souls, and it has inspired much of my writing. The theme song of M*A*S*H (the movie) was my song for a few years. Life is wonderful now, and my medic is my fiance and my curing medicine are his soothing hugs.