Book: Twelve Patients: Life And Death At Bellevue Hospital
Author: Eric Manheimer
Pages: 368
This is my 18th read for the year
This is a non-fiction recounting of the author's time as a medical director at Bellevue Hospital. He tells the story of 12 different patients he cared for - from dignitaries to prisoners. He delves into their families, their personal back stories and their lives after the hospital to spin the side that is often missed with medical personnel. These are real people with real problems and families that love them. When he becomes a patient himself, he talks about his struggles to still care for his patients while he also needs to care for himself.
This was a pretty good book. I have been wanting to read this one because they based the TV show "New Amsterdam" on this hospital and Dr. Manheimer. The author does a good job at recounting the lives of the patients he stories and puts a human spin on even the prisoner from supermax. He is heart felt and caring for everyone that walks through his doors and it shows. I did look Dr. Manheimer up after I read this book, and he is alive and doing well - even after a serious cancer diagnosis.
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