The Doctor Opposite — Barbara Perkins

“She really is appallingly pain, poor girl, isn't she? One wonders why she doesn't do something about herself!” That devastating remark by Dr. James MacNeil had sent poor Ruth scurrying away from St. Joseph's Hospital. But now, a year later, transformed beyond recognition, she was back -- and working with James in the exciting new Allergy Unit. But this time Ruth was determined to keep the doctor at a distance; he could break every other heart in the hospital, but not hers! So what irony of fate had arranged for him to be living right opposite her new home?