A Rural Surgeon's Dream
Will be published approx. on 28. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-1-80634-389-8 (ISBN)
Description
At TriLochan Hospital in northwest Scotland, Mr Tarek Al-Hourani begins his first day as a consultant rural surgeon, determined to modernise the unit and win a new system that could transform rural surgery.
But his arrival stirs old tensions. Effie Mackay, once an international shotput champion and now the hospital's domestic supervisor, blames him for the injury that ended her career. Their uneasy history resurfaces as Effie develops a new surgical problem - and her campaign to discredit him intensifies.
When a crisis strikes on the day of his career-defining presentation, Effie is forced to confront her fears and the surgeon his moral responsibility.
But his arrival stirs old tensions. Effie Mackay, once an international shotput champion and now the hospital's domestic supervisor, blames him for the injury that ended her career. Their uneasy history resurfaces as Effie develops a new surgical problem - and her campaign to discredit him intensifies.
When a crisis strikes on the day of his career-defining presentation, Effie is forced to confront her fears and the surgeon his moral responsibility.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Market Harborough
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
394 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80634-389-8 (9781806343898)
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Person
Keith Walters is a medicine graduate (Dundee 1980), and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He worked in Neurosurgery then moved to Emergency Medicine. Since the 1990s, Keith has written fiction, more recently developing his craft with the National Centre for Writing in Norwich and with Curtis Brown Creative.