Doctors: The Living

By Piush Choudhry

A thrilling tale about the young doctor who joins as a researcher in a hospital in Sydney. The research allows him to discover a thought process that could lead to diagnosis of various clinical conditions. Later he finds himself in the middle of a myth of apocalyptic proportions, transit terrorism and returns only to realise that the events of the past had begun to unfold just the way he had imagined. The only entity that remained through the incidences in the hospital where he later worked, the organ trades, pharmaceutical industry, medical education, myth and the connections was the instinct to survive.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: Jan 12, 2016
• ISBN: 9781482869651

Piush Choudhry

The author is a surgeon and writer Author of Step by Step Arterial Surgery, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi and has written health articles. Received Rashtriya Gaurav Award at India Habitat Center, New Delhi.

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Contents

PART 1

Chapter 1    The Innocent

Chapter 2    Visit To The Construction Site of A Hospital

Chapter 3    Party and The Project

Chapter 4    Research

Chapter 5    Myth and Terrorism

Chapter 6    Rise of a Pharmaceutical Empire

Chapter 7    The Medical Supritendent

Chapter 8    Privatisation of Medical Colleges and The Meeting

Chapter 9    Organ Racket

Chapter 10    The Patient

Chapter 11    Incident With a Visitor

Chapter 12    Myth Revisited

Chapter 13    Arrest of The Kingpin

PART 2

Chapter 14    Workplace Shift

Chapter 15    The Operation

Chapter 16    Connection

Chapter 17    Survival

Synopsis

This medical thriller is about the young doctor who joins as a researcher in a hospital in Sydney. The research allows him to discover a thought process that could lead to diagnosis of various clinical conditions. Later he finds himself in the middle of a myth of apocalyptic proportions, transit terrorism and returns only to realise that the events of the past had begun to unfold just the way he had imagined. The only entity that remained through the incidences in the hospital where he later worked, the organ trades, pharmaceuticalindustry, medical education, myth and the connections was the instinct to survive.

Disclaimers note from the Author

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. This book is not intended as a substitute for the medical advice of physicians. The reader should regularly consult a physician or surgeon in a matter relating to his or her health and particularly with respect to any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention.

DEDICATED

to

my parents and wife

PART 1

CHAPTER 1

The Innocent

The street gave a deserted look. The breeze was gentle and instilled calm for the warm day ahead. The road would otherwise be jammed by traffic and noisy by the blowing horns and pedestrians. This summer was unusually hot as the temperature had soared, beaten a three decades record. The corner was next to Savitri Cinema overlying the bridge in Greater Kailash, one of the busiest centers in South Delhi. Many night shift call centers had opened in the city within the last few years. They were outsourcing foreign data on Indian soil and sending it back to their countries where their people were looking at higher jobs. This wasn’t difficult to understand and worked well here.

The silence was broken by the hustled pace of a pedestrian trying to reach home from his night shift. Few blocks behind was a Mistubishi, hard to ignore because of its white metallic color and red stripes. The swirling of the car was apparently a premeditated action as it did it thrice across the two ends of the corner before it hit the pedestrian. The pedestrian had fallen but his scream was loud enough to be heard in the neighbouring oven shop and the victim was soon lifted to the side pavement. The demonstrations on cardio-pulmonary resuscitations in road traffic accidents by the police were becoming useful and were being followed in this case as they been described in the camp last month. The pedestrian had regained conciousness and looked at the man helping him with a blunt gaze. His face was withdrawn, his eyes gave the impression of a man