The Baudelaire children have a miserable stay at Heimlich Hospital.

The patients at Heimlich Hospital present a wealth of allusions to famous literature, characters and authors:

After hiding from the police, the Baudelaire orphans climb aboard the Volunteers Fighting Disease's[V.F.D.]van, which carries them to Heimlich Hospital.

Klaus was glad he'd hesitated at Heimlich Hospital, otherwise he might never have thought of a way to disguise Sunny and himself as medical professionals so they could rescue Violet from having unnecessary surgery.

The Daily Punctilio said that you'd murdered a man in the Village of Fowl Devotees, and set fires at Heimlich Hospital and Caligari Carnival.

Its about having VFD and the children Violet Klaus and Sunny go into Heimlich Hospital.

The children travel to the Hinterlands after escaping the Heimlich Hospital by trunck-of-Olaf's-car.

Olaf uses his newfound immunity to burn down Heimlich Hospital and Caligari Carnival without repercussions.

The eighth book also starts Olaf's open obsession with fire, as he burns down Heimlich Hospital in that book and then Caligari Carnival in the ninth book.

When Esmé captures Violet in the library of records at Heimlich Hospital, the bald man with the long nose and the hook-handed man are tasked with preparing her unconscious body for a public decapitation.