When British Arab and 'Southerner', Dr Ahmed Handy, suddenly found himself working as a junior doctor in the Midlands, a part of the country with which he was wholly unfamiliar... and which was equally unfamiliar with people like him, he was faced with something of a culture shock.
But that was only the beginning of his bizarre junior doctor experience.
Through this humorous and heartfelt memoir, Dr Handy imparts his extensive collection of bonkers stories about the various quirky doctors and nurses he worked alongside, ranging from the mildly eccentric to the overtly sociopathic.
From a Gynaecologist so petty he copyrighted his own consent forms, to an anally retentive Orthopaedic surgeon with practices so bewildering that the accompanying doctor simply wrote a question mark in the patient's notes, Quacks is a memoir full of characters and experiences so outrageous they will make you gasp in shock and laugh out loud in equal measure.
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'An accessible and entertaining collection of stories and anecdotes; the author comes across as both authentic and passionate. Brought back many memories of my hospital training!' - Dr Michael Christopher, author of The Delusion
Dr Ahmed Handy, the son of two Iraqi doctors, was born and raised on the streets of East Anglia, the youngest of two brothers. After graduating from medical school in London, fierce competition for training places forced him to unexpectedly re-locate to the Midlands, where he began his training as a junior doctor. Five years later, he qualified as a General Practitioner, and he currently works as a salaried GP and part-time medical educator in the East Midlands. He is happily married with a young son, and is passionate about family, film, theatre, and cheesy dad jokes. Since a young age he has hugely enjoyed writing, with Quacks being his first book. He shall forever be a fervent advocate for the great institution that is our National Health Service, and hopes that it will endure long after him (and his irreverent sense of humour).
