Claire asked S.E. Sasaki:

Writing a series based on a medical space station feels really unique to me - well done - did you use your medical experience and just play 'what-if' or were you influenced by anything in particular? I'm thinking of things like DS9 & Babylon 5 which were unique when they first came about - a contained tv show about life on a space station.

S.E. Sasaki Hi Claire! Interesting question. I never really watched Deep Space 9 or Babylon 5. At the time, I was a very busy family physician with a solo general practice and was raising two children. I don't think I ever had time for TV! Lol. I watched the original Star Trek and subsequent movies and spinoffs. The medical space station was my question of what would a 'hospital' look like in the future. What would the facility be treating? Would there still be doctors? Would they all be replaced by machines? (I hope not). I believe the act of treating people is just as important to humans as is the need to be treated. Caring for others makes us compassionate and is part of what makes us human. When the art of treating people becomes just a money grab for profit, it loses its way. I would not want to see medicine taken over by the machines. Welcome to the Madhouse is my effort to show that empathic doctors will still be required in the future or at least humane, caring doctors, whether they be human, part human, or android. ;D

I hope I have answered your question?

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