在这部杏林战场剧情/喜剧片中,影片以美国堪萨斯市的一间退伍军人医院为背景。那里住了很多战争英雄，但病人太多而病床太少，热心的医生感到相当挫折。而院长却只为个人官位着想，竟然迎合政府的削减开支政策，执行一条荒唐的决定——退伍军人假如不能证明他的病是由当年的战争引起的就不能获得免费医疗。
A group of doctors in a veteran's hospital must contend with their hopeless situation: too many patients and not enough beds. The main cause of their problems is bureaucratic belt-tightening by the hospital administrators. The doctors are determined to give the best service they can, even if that means defying the orders of management and performing unauthorized operations.
