Td Medical College Hospital

At Td Medical College Hospital in Alappuzha, things are always moving. I’m over in the Department of OG, and if you’ve ever been to a medical college hospital, you know it’s a bit chaotic. There are junior residents running around everywhere, usually looking a bit tired because they’ve been on duty for way too many hours. It’s a teaching hospital, so there’s always a lot of explaining going on between the doctors and the students. The building is big and spread out, and the Alappuzha weather doesn't make it any easier with the heat and the rain. We have a lot of people coming in from the surrounding villages. It’s not a quiet place. There are voices in the halls, the sound of trolleys, and someone always calling for a nurse. We don't have the latest designer furniture in the waiting rooms. It’s mostly just hard benches and old fans spinning overhead. We focus on the patients and the students learning the ropes. It’s a lot of work, and sometimes the paperwork piles up on the desks, but we get through it. We aren't here to look polished; we are here to get the work done. It’s a community of people learning and helping at the same time. Some days are harder than others, especially when it’s busy, but that’s just life at a medical college hospital like this one.