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Our hospital

Call Number

  • FICTION SHEM (CEN)

Publication Information

New York : Berkley, [2023]

Physical Description

337 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

"After the tragic climax of Man's 4th Best Hospital, four doctors have left practicing medicine. But with COVID-19 sweeping the country, they come together to help the small town of Columbia, New York. The doctors and nurses are buckling as they battle both a raging pandemic and the financial woes facing small hospitals everywhere. But no matter what's happening in the world, babies are born, people fall in love, and doctors will do anything to save their patients. Our Hospital reveals the daily struggle of fighting a pandemic and its personal impact on healthcare workers young and old, who are terrified, exhausted...and determined, somehow, to prevail"--

Contents

  • The first wave: Flying blind
  • The second wave: A false sense
  • The third wave: The end of suffering.