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Our Favorite TV Doctors Thanked 'Real Healthcare Heroes' In Touching Video

Updated August 16, 2021

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"The closest thing I've ever come to being a doctor is putting on a costume, and while it is close, it's not quite the same."

"But I just want to say thank you to the real healthcare heroes out there, and there are some other people who want to say thank you as well," Olivia Wilde, who played Thirteen on House M.D. began the video.

"I want to thank all the doctors and the nurses," added 'Grey's Anatomy's Patrick Dempsey.

"The real ones, not the ones that are on television."

Neil Patrick Harris, who played Doogie Howser, added, "I wish I was there with you guys to assist in my medical capacity, but probably all I would be doing would be writing prescriptions for myself, which is kind of all I did when I was 16 and 17."

Others who made appearances include Edie Falco from 'Nurse Jackie.'

Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, and Zach Braff from Scrubs all made an appearance, as did Dempsey's Grey's Anatomy co-stars Sandra Oh and Kate Walsh.