Yeah the patient was in a coma. When someone is on a bed laying in one position for too long, their body can develop sores. So nurses or caretakers usually shift the person from one side to the other every day to make sure they aren't sleeping in the same position for more than a few hours. Bed sores are very nasty and painful for bed ridden patients.
Since Jessica Chastain's character has myocardial issues (heart problems) - lifting and shifting another person from one side to the other is tough and dangerous. The person's weight can pull on the nurse's heart muscles and cause stress.
It's a very thought provoking mirror held up to how the medical industry in the U.S functions.
(I'm not from the US and lawsuits etc are not as common in my country so it was very interesting to see how industries use laws to their benefit or rather save their asses at the cost of lives)
That scene was breathtaking. And it was more effective because we as the audience knew he had attacked his previous coworker that he had dated but Chastain's character presumably didn't know this and she was already scared because she knew he had killed.
ThrowawayThestral OP t1_ityqksq wrote
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Yeah the patient was in a coma. When someone is on a bed laying in one position for too long, their body can develop sores. So nurses or caretakers usually shift the person from one side to the other every day to make sure they aren't sleeping in the same position for more than a few hours. Bed sores are very nasty and painful for bed ridden patients.
Since Jessica Chastain's character has myocardial issues (heart problems) - lifting and shifting another person from one side to the other is tough and dangerous. The person's weight can pull on the nurse's heart muscles and cause stress.