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Till the Last Breath describes the story of two patients gets admitted to room no. 509 at GKL Super Specialty Hospital and two doctors who try their best to save the lives of these. Death looms in the cramped up hospital room as the patients struggle to survive and the two doctors try to keep them alive, risking their medical licenses. One patient, a nineteen year old medical student, is diagnosed with an incurable, fatal disease delivering her to a slow and painful death. The other, twenty-five year old drug addict is slowly dying as all his organs are slowly shutting down. Despite the hopelessness of their situation, the doctors push the barriers by trying to save the lives. This challenges their medical ethics and their own reasoning in using unapproved experimental methods to prolong the lives of the youngsters. Till the Last Breath is a sensitive yet thrilling novel that explores ideas of life and death. It also touches upon notions of morality and of past demons that influence thought and action. The author, Durjoy Datta explores themes of action and consequence through the story of the protagonists. This book is available in paperback and was published in 2013. |