One Call Away

An under-resourced emergency room in a Johannesburg hospital is the battleground where Dr Anne Biccard takes on her nemesis, Grim, the reaper, as she clocks up near-impossible wins and devastating losses during Covid’s messy aftermath. Documented in diary format, in graphic and often hilarious detail, with insights into all facets of the human condition sharpened over 30 years of working on the front line, Biccard’s third book about snatching lives from the brink of death is as riveting as it is profound.