The People's Hospital

'A compelling mixture of healthcare policy and gripping stories from the frontlines of medicine' Guardian How do medical staff offer care and hope to patients and families when faced with the mayhem and lottery of a broken healthcare system?The People's Hospital is the story of how Ben Taub Hospital strives to provide healthcare to Houston's most vulnerable population, against the background of the chaos of American healthcare. By telling the frequently heartbreaking stories of patients who have had to battle their desperate financial circumstances as well as life-threatening illness - from Rogelio, a twenty-something, undocumented immigrant from Mexico recently diagnosed with kidney disease, to Roxana, a Salvadoran woman who appears in ER after a life-saving surgery resulted in her developing potentially fatal complications - and many more. 'A tour de force' Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone