Five South

Five South, begins with a series of surgical complications and deaths in a San Francisco university hospital, all associated with the orthopedic surgery department. Because that department has a multi-million dollar building proposal before the hospital board, the timing of the complications arouses questions. Someone wants the building project stopped. More than medicine is happening in Five South.
A young chief resident and his nurse girlfriend begin to investigate. They quickly draw in Dr. Raymond Stuart, a prominent surgeon who lost an eye in a major auto accident and no longer operates. Assisted by a young pathologist and his partner, a San Francisco detective, Dr. Stuart and his team uncover the deadly truth.
There are two separate and parallel worlds in modern American health care. The world of clinical medicine is almost unaware of the health care business world. Two senior hospital executives are exploiting the gap to commit fraud on a massive scale. When their scheme is threatened with exposure, they result to violence. Only by crossing into the business world can the physician/detectives solve the case.