The author used the maximum advantage of being a doctor as his writing so vividly describes many of the processes that occur in the hospital- the thought processes in a doctor's mind while making diagnosis especially of a surgeon's mind - and many of the difficulties faced in a hospital scenario just like real (being a doctor and surgeon myself I'm so able to relate). As an author his prose is really so vivid and makes the reader see the beauty of Adis ababa and the story setting of Missing hospital so clearly in the minds eye. Even romance is mentioned very subtly- not glaring in the details directly but very appreciably- making it all the more enjoyable!--- I'm yet to reach half the book but already full of praise for it - there are so many minute details ( like the wombat being one of the 2 animals to have an appendix ) that says so much how vast the author has knowledge in his field above and over being a prose writer...reminds me in many ways of Robin Cook and Erich Segal ---- cant wait to reach the zenith...