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Hospital Babylon [Hardcover]

Imogen Edwards-Jones
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Press (28 April 2011)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0593066308
  • ISBN-13: 978-0593066300
  • Product Dimensions: 16.2 x 3 x 24 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 23,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The true confessions of a private doctor

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Hospital Babylon is an in-depth, amusing and highly insightful expose of the extraordinary world of modern medicine. It will take the reader on a journey through the various departments and wards where babies are made, thighs are reduced, noses straightened and spare kidneys are flown in from the Indian subcontinent.

We will meet doctors who sleep with nurses. Doctors who sleep with patients. Doctors who fiddle their insurance forms. Doctors who suck fat, pump up breasts, plump lips and lengthen penises. The doctor who specialises in flatulence. The doctor who shoots up before he operates. Doctor Feelgood who will give you anything and everything you need. As well as the doctor who makes a fortune doing buttock enlargements in the Caribbean. En route, we will discover what touches them, what amuses them and quite how obsessively insane you have to be to make it to the top.

Why does a private room cost over £1000 a night? Who are the people changing your bedpan? Holding your hand as you go to sleep? What do they do to you while you're out cold? Why are drugs so expensive? How easy is it for the pharmaceutical companies to grease the good doctor's palm? Who exactly is profiting from your illness, embarrassing affliction or brand new nose? And, of course, what happens when it all goes wrong?

Packed with true stories, anecdotes and revelations, Hospital Babylon is a riveting, entertaining and shocking look at 24 hours in the life of a hospital. Both amusing and appalling, it will make you question whether you should sign that consent form after all...


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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Order in bulk 16 May 2011
Format:Hardcover
Exhilarating and terrifying in equal measure. You'll need a strong dose of drugs to recover, but fortunately you'll know exactly what to take. It's the book of the year so far, and somehow perfect for summer in a way that's difficult to define; perhaps it's because it will make your job feel like a holiday by comparison!

Order in bulk as you'll want friends to start reading it before you finish the first chapter. Seriously.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Scary but hilarious 9 May 2011
Format:Hardcover
Completely agree with the first two reviewers. This is great. I couldn't put it down and read it obsessively over the weekend. I never want to be treated in a hospital ever again. But then I never did in the first place. A real eye-opener!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
great stuff 7 May 2011
Format:Hardcover
I have to admit to being a bit of a Babylon fan. I have the collection and this does not disappoint. it has all the highs, the lows, the laughs and the poignant bits that you would expect from Edwards-Jones. It is laugh out loud funny but at the same time the narrative is strong enough to carry you through. She had done her homework and it really shows. This is the best in the series so far!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Disappointing
I loved the previous Babylon books but this one just is not of the same quality. Not funny, even boring at times.
Published 19 days ago by Mara Bekere
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fast delivery service. good book, wished it was longer. a must for all who work in the health service, not many surprises though, funny and shocking at times
Published 24 days ago by Susan A. Clay
If you dont laugh you will cry!!
This book is like all good comedy--an embelishment of the truth but not by too much!The author captures the atmosphere that prevails in most hospital departments with great skill... Read more
Published 5 months ago by RoyRumba
Babylon Best
Absolutely brilliant. I could not put it down. A real eye opener as to what really happens in a busy A&E department, and lots more!
Published 8 months ago by Hayle Man
Descriptive babble
Terrible read. I ploughed through 27% (on kindle) hoping it would get better but it didn't. It is not funny, it is not amusing just a descriptive babble about the NHS. Read more
Published 9 months ago by kfa
Hospital Babylon
Loved the book. I couldn't put it down, when I finished it I didn't want it to end and more stories to be in it. Its amazing what goes on in one shift in a doctor's life. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Aimz
Funny, sexy, punchy and thought provoking
I downloaded this when it came out but have only just got round to reading it. It only took my one day. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Katie57
Really? Are you serious?
I have loved all the other Babylon books and waited with anticipation for the latest to arrive.

What a disappointment. Read more
Published 11 months ago by C. Rucroft
Nothing new
If, like me, you've read some of the other behind-the-scenes books set in hospitals (think In Stitches: The Highs and Lows of Life as an AandE Doctor or Trust Me, I'm a (Junior)... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Orbaeni
Not as anticipated
Not my cup of tea! More porny than medical. Wouldn't want it to be seen in my book collection. Read it to see if it gets interesting, then pass it on quick with an apology.
Published 11 months ago by N. Cotton
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