I come from Germany and I watched alphateam a long time. I must say it isn't quite comparable with ER or some American production, but it is not bad. The characters are well arranged, and watching it, the location isn't that bad as well. I myself did not get the impression that the hospital location was made especially for that series. The plot is often really funny, and also the characters among one another act good. If one wants to see a real action hospital production, one should watch something like ER, but for the evening entertainment, alphateam is also good. If one likes hospital series, alphateam has all elements which are needed, and the laughing muscles are trained as well :-)