''The Hostile Hospital'' is the eighth novel in the

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. It takes place shortly after ''

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'' and is followed by a sequel, ''

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''.

Plot

After escaping the Village of Fowl Devotees,

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and Sunny Baudelaire arrive at a store to send a

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to Mr. Poe, explaining their situation and pleading for help. The store's generous owner explains that a van of ' Volunteers Fighting Disease' arrives once every day for a gas refill. The van arrives, and the Baudelaires, thinking it to be the acronym ' V.F.D.', escape into it after the owner recognizes them as the accused murderers in the ''Daily Punctilio'', an unreliable newspaper series. The Baudelaires discover that Volunteers Fighting Diseases is a group of enthusiasts that visit Heimlich Hospital to increase the morale of patients, who believe that 'No News Is Good News', and therefore have never read ''The Daily Punctilio'' (and don't recognize the Baudelaires). One of the members suggests the Baudelaires seek a Library of Records to find their V.F.D. The three then volunteer to aid Hal, a visually disabled elder who works in Heimlich Hospital's Library of Records. As he doesn't let them read any of the files, the Baudelaires regretfully trick him into giving them his keys to enter the library at night. While reading a file on the Baudelaires, in which only the thirteenth page remained since investigators have taken the rest, they discover that one of their parents may have survived or escaped the mansion's fire – however,

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enters the library, intent on destroying them and the files to clear

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's name in the crimes he has committed. While escaping her clutches, Klaus and Sunny go through a small shaft, but Violet is taken when Count Olaf captures her and hides her from her siblings. The two, using the volunteers' list of patients, find out that Count Olaf has disguised Violet's name with another name with the use of anagrams, and track her down to the surgery room. Dr. Mattathias Madycle-Sküll (who is Count Olaf), the Head of Human Resources, announces via intercom that a craniectomy will be performed on Violet in an operation theatre. Klaus and Sunny disguise themselves as Dr. Tocuna and Nurse Flo to perform the surgery with the Hook-handed man and the Bald Man, both of which are recurring associates of Count Olaf. While the two stall during the performance for Violet to wake up, Hal angrily accuses the Baudelaires of committing arson, and the hospital begins to burn to the ground. Violet eventually awakens, and they try to escape by hiding in a storage room while Olaf's henchperson of indeterminate gender tries to break in. They safely jump out of the window via Violet's makeshift bungee rope while Olaf's henchperson gets stuck and dies in the fire. They then hide in the trunk of Count Olaf's car after overhearing him discuss hunting down the

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s, which apparently contains crucial information on V.F.D, Jacques Snicket, and the Baudelaires.

Foreshadowing

The last picture of ''The Hostile Hospital'' shows Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are crammed into the trunk of Count Olaf's car. Among other items in the trunk are a crystal ball, a flier with "Madame Lulu" printed across the top, and a scrap of paper on which is drawn an eye. This is a reference to Madame Lulu in ''

''.

Translations

* Brazilian Portuguese: ''""'', Cia. das Letras, 2003, *

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

: ''"Vihainen sairaala"'' (Translation for, "Hostile hospital") (An Angry Hospital), WSOY, 2004, *

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

: ''"L'ostile ospedale"'', Salani, 2004, * French: ''"Panique à la clinique"'' (Panic at the Clinic) *

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

: ''"Το Νοσηρό Νοσοκομείο"'' (''"The Sick Hospital"'') * Japanese: ''"敵意ある病院"'', Soshisha, 2004, *

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...

: ''""'' (The Hospital of Death), Munhakdongnae Publishing Co, Ltd., 2009, *

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

: ''Det horrible hospitalet'' (''The Horrible Hospital''), Tor Edvin Dahl, Cappelen Damm, 2003, * Russian: ' (Nightmarish Clinic), Azbuka, 2005, * Turkish : "Dehşet Hastanesi" (Horror Hospital) *

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

: "Szkodliwy szpital" (The Harmful Hospital) * Thai: "โรงพยาบาลวิปริต", Nanmeebooks Teen, 2003,

Adaptation

The book was adapted into the seventh and eighth episodes of the second season of the television series adaptation produced by

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References

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