Shaishav Children Hospital & Neonatal Centre

Shaishav Children Hospital & Neonatal Centre is located right by the Old Railway Crossing in Mani Nagar. If you know Mani Nagar, you know how busy it gets when the trains are passing and the traffic piles up. We are right in the thick of that. The hospital is usually filled with the sound of children, which is something you just get used to after working here. Some kids are crying and others are playing with the few toys we have in the corner of the waiting room. We have specialized equipment for the newborns, and that area is kept a lot quieter than the rest of the building. The walls are painted in bright colors to make it look a bit more cheerful, though the paint is peeling a little in the corners. Our staff spends their shifts juggling a lot of things at once. It’s common to see a nurse carrying a file while trying to comfort a worried parent. Mani Nagar is a lively place, and being near the crossing means we always know when the trains are on time. We don’t have a big marketing department or anything like that. We are just a local hospital where the doctors and nurses work long hours because there are always children who need looking after. It’s a tiring job, but we’ve been doing it for long enough that it’s just part of who we are now. It’s been our daily reality at the Mani Nagar crossing for years.