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New Doc in Maple Ridge
Rave reviews for the new medical thriller, "New Doc in Maple Ridge"! All proceeds will benefit community primary care research at University Health Network, fourth best hospital in the world according to Newsweek magazine!"New Doc in Maple Ridge is a wild ride that takes the reader from a small-town ER to the battlefields of Afghanistan, to the underworld, to the courtroom, with high-spirited stops along the way in the bedroom. A real page-turner, grounded in the unparalleled, extensive experiences of Dr. Bob Bell." Deb Matthews, PhD, Former Ontario Minister of Health"After decades performing life-saving surgery, Dr. Bob Bell uses his surgeon’s attention to detail to craft a brilliant story populated by some of the most extraordinary characters you will ever encounter! I dare you to put this book down once you have started the remarkable journey with Dr. Ed Brinkley." Paul Alofs, Former CEO Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation & Author of “Passion Capital”"Surgeon, hospital CEO, and provincial deputy health minister…. Dr. Bob Bell has done it all, so no surprise that his new novel is steeped in medical authenticity. The tension builds from the first page, when the new doctor in town saves a boy from choking on a peanut. Whether it’s treating a mobster’s STD, or reliving military action in Afghanistan, you feel that you are right there." Phillip Crawley, CEO/Publisher of The Globe and MailDr. Ed Brinkley concluded his career as a battlefield surgeon following highly classified tours of duty in the Middle East. He arrives in Maple Ridge, Arkansas to start over as a small-town GP and to settle down in a new home. Things are looking up for Ed when he meets the lovely Linda Davis, managing partner of Arkansas’ leading law firm.But Ed refuses an unethical demand from Tony Malto, a local gangster who tries to bully the doctor, triggering traumatic memories from Ed’s past.Ed’s response to Malto’s intimidation takes the reader on a page turning flashback to Afghanistan and on to Biloxi, Mississippi as Ed fights back to protect the woman he wants to love."New Doc in Maple Ridge" will inspire, educate and entertain. Order a copy today and enjoy!
346 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 19, 2021
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December 28, 2021
Knowing about an author gives you incredible context to their writing.
A central moment in New Doc in Maple Ridge is the main character, Ed, refusing an unethical demand from Tony Malto, a local gangster who tries to bully the doctor. We can safely assume that physician "Ed" is a stand-in for the physician-writer Bob Bell.
The irony - if you know Bob Bell - is that in his personal life he is a typical uncaring, unethical surgeon who will do whatever it takes to get ahead. And he has been very successful at this.
While President and CEO of the University Health Network his staff was responsible for multiple offences of criminal negligence that he helped cover up. Nurses would spend hours of time on facebook in the ICU neglecting patients, security guards would spend hours watching porn in view of the public - while getting paid by taxpayers, personal health information was misplaced, lost, or stolen without any investigations. The hospital was a complete mess.
I find it fitting that Dr Bell has decided to write a fairytale book about an ethical Doctor - as if in his old age he thinks making up a nice story can undo years of pushing his boot down on top of the face of Canadians he was supposed to be serving as both CEO of UHN and then Deputy Minister of Health and Long Term Care in Ontario from 2014-2018.
If you are not already aware: Long Term Care in Canada is a disaster and thousands of needless deaths during COVID were due to mismanagement - mismanagement that began under Dr. Bell's "leadership".
I would advise against purchasing this book for any reason other than to read between the lines and see the manipulative attempt Bob Bell has made to cast himself in a favourable light. It is garbage, literary garbage, just like the person who wrote it.
I truly hope we see an end to this kind of self-published trash by old white men trying to rewrite their history.
A central moment in New Doc in Maple Ridge is the main character, Ed, refusing an unethical demand from Tony Malto, a local gangster who tries to bully the doctor. We can safely assume that physician "Ed" is a stand-in for the physician-writer Bob Bell.
The irony - if you know Bob Bell - is that in his personal life he is a typical uncaring, unethical surgeon who will do whatever it takes to get ahead. And he has been very successful at this.
While President and CEO of the University Health Network his staff was responsible for multiple offences of criminal negligence that he helped cover up. Nurses would spend hours of time on facebook in the ICU neglecting patients, security guards would spend hours watching porn in view of the public - while getting paid by taxpayers, personal health information was misplaced, lost, or stolen without any investigations. The hospital was a complete mess.
I find it fitting that Dr Bell has decided to write a fairytale book about an ethical Doctor - as if in his old age he thinks making up a nice story can undo years of pushing his boot down on top of the face of Canadians he was supposed to be serving as both CEO of UHN and then Deputy Minister of Health and Long Term Care in Ontario from 2014-2018.
If you are not already aware: Long Term Care in Canada is a disaster and thousands of needless deaths during COVID were due to mismanagement - mismanagement that began under Dr. Bell's "leadership".
I would advise against purchasing this book for any reason other than to read between the lines and see the manipulative attempt Bob Bell has made to cast himself in a favourable light. It is garbage, literary garbage, just like the person who wrote it.
I truly hope we see an end to this kind of self-published trash by old white men trying to rewrite their history.
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November 30, 2021A very entertaining read.
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December 21, 2021Great story and great insight into the health care system
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