![]() ![]() Medically, the odds for such occurrences are one in 100,000 however, such odds seemed resolutely higher at the Boston Memorial Hospital.īaffled by these two patients, Susan investigates their cases and other recent coma victims. ![]() Despite the operation's success, Sean failed to regain consciousness. Similarly, Sean Berman, a healthy young man in his 30s, underwent a knee operation. Nancy Greenly became comatose due to her brain receiving insufficient oxygen during surgery. These were attributed to anesthesia complications. Susan notices that two patients, Nancy Greenly and Sean Berman, mysteriously went into comas immediately after their surgeries. As these students complete their three-month surgical rotation, the dilemmas and problems faced by a woman in a male-dominated profession are also highlighted. The book is a journey into the inner workings of a hospital. Mark Bellows, a surgery resident in the hospital, is the instructor and this group's supervisor. She and four other students take rounds in surgery rooms and ICUs, recording post-treatment notations on the patients' health. ![]() Susan Wheeler is a third-year medical student at Boston Memorial Hospital. Coma was preceded in 1973 by Cook's lesser-known novel Year of the Intern. Coma is Robin Cook's first commercially successful novel, published by Signet Book in 1977. ![]()
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