About the book: 2000 / And what, excuse me, is a normal space hospital without tricks and intrigues? If you have seen such a thing (calculated for sixty intelligent races of patients and a couple of dozen races of doctors), then there is still room for miracles in our Universe! This is what happened to the Senior Doctor of the Galactic Hospital, Conway. Pod-si-de-li!!! Survived!!! Replaced - scary to say by whom. Someone - or something? – not only insect-like, but also self-confident. No. It’s not like they just threw him out into outer space - they offered him a new job. Promising a lot of benefits in the future. If, of course, he survives…