Biochemic Medical Clinic

We are located up in Mirik, which is part of the Darjeeling district. If you’ve ever been up this way, you know it’s a lot different from the plains. The air is thinner and it gets misty quite often. Our clinic is right here in the town, serving the people who live in the hills. It’s a biochemic clinic, so we do things a little differently than the big general hospitals. The building itself is modest, just like most of the structures around here. We don’t have any of those shiny glass walls or high-tech reception desks. It’s just a place with some benches for waiting and a room for consultations. People come in from the surrounding tea gardens and the local market area. Sometimes they have to travel a bit to get to us. We see a lot of familiar faces because Mirik is a small community where everyone eventually runs into each other. The pace of work here matches the pace of the town—it’s not usually a frantic rush, but there’s always someone who needs help. We keep a stock of the remedies we use and try to keep the place warm during the colder months. It’s a quiet life, mostly. We spend our time talking to patients and looking out at the hills when things slow down. It’s a simple medical practice for a simple, hardworking town.