Other subplots included the initiation of arrogant chief of surgery Dr. Hook to uncover the truth about the hospital and the mysterious spirits who haunt it – including a young girl, killed after the original fire, a sinister teenage boy, and a strange animal that follows and protects the young girl, who calls it Antubis (it is similar to a giant anteater, but whose long snout opens up to a set of jagged teeth).Įlsewhere, Peter Rickman, a painter who is admitted to the hospital following a road accident (with severe injuries to his skull and spine) begins to discover the ghastly goings-on while he lies comatose in room 426. She asks for the assistance of the cynical yet compassionate Dr. Druse has checked into the hospital numerous times and is taken by the staff to be a hypochondriac. The hospital's 'turbulent' nature seems to reflect its ominous logo, a crimson stylized dagger, predicting what will come.Ī psychic named Mrs. The current hospital is known as the 'New Kingdom'. Previously, a hospital known as the 'Old Kingdom' had been built on the site, but it burned down.

The story tells of the fictional Kingdom Hospital located in Lewiston, Maine, built on the site of a mill that manufactured military uniforms during the American Civil War.