The Apollo Clinic

Our clinic is situated right near the Krishan Nagar Chowk at 8/4-1. Being so close to the chowk means it is always incredibly busy outside with rickshaws and people moving about. The Apollo Clinic is where people from the neighborhood come when they are feeling under the weather or need a quick check-up. We have a small waiting area with some plastic chairs and a stack of old magazines that nobody really reads because they are mostly looking at their phones. The walls are painted a plain white, and there is that distinct smell of antiseptic and cleaning fluid everywhere. Our staff is usually running around between the front desk and the consultation rooms, trying to keep the queue moving. Sometimes it gets a bit loud when the traffic outside is heavy or if there is a festival going on at the chowk. We don't have fancy decorations, just the basic medical posters on the walls and a water cooler in the corner for the patients. The doctors here are busy people, so we try to keep things organized with a simple register at the entrance. It is a local place, so we see a lot of the same faces coming back over the years. We open up early in the morning for the first round of patients and often stay open until late in the evening because the chowk stays busy. It is a lot of work, but it is just what we do every day to keep the place running. There is rarely a quiet moment during the day here.