Apolo Hospital

You can find us on Bannerghatta Road, right across from the I.I.M campus. That is a major landmark, so most people don't have much trouble finding the turn-off. The traffic on Bannerghatta Road is almost always heavy, so the sound of engines and buses is a constant backdrop to our day. The building at 154 / 11 is quite large and has been part of this landscape for a long time. Inside, the air conditioning is usually blasting to keep the heat out. The floors are that speckled tile you see in a lot of older institutions. We have a lot of different wings and departments, and it takes a while to learn your way around the shortcuts between the elevators. People are constantly arriving, some looking worried and others just here for a quick checkup. The waiting areas have those plastic chairs that aren't the most comfortable but they are easy to wipe down. We spend a lot of time organizing files and making sure the doctors are in the right rooms. It is a loud, busy environment where the phones never really stop ringing. Sometimes the power flickers and the generators kick in with a dull thud. We don't have any fancy gardens or fountains, just a big functional hospital building that deals with whatever comes through the front doors. It is a lot of hard work for everyone on the clock and we just keep going.