Government Maternity Hospital

It is usually pretty loud around here by the time the sun comes up in Nayapal. Being a maternity hospital, there is always someone coming or going through the front doors at odd hours of the night and day. We have got wooden benches that have seen better days, and the fans on the ceiling just keep spinning, trying to move the thick air around the waiting area. It is a government place, so you know how it goes most of the time. There are always files stacked up on the desks and families sitting in the hallways waiting for some news about a new arrival. Most of the women who come here are from just down the road in Nayapal or maybe the next village over. The nurses are always on their feet, running from one room to another with bundles of towels or metal clipboards. It is not fancy or anything like that. The walls could probably use a fresh coat of paint, but nobody really has time to worry about that when there are babies being born every few hours. You get used to the smell of strong cleaning supplies and the sound of crying infants after you work here for a while. Sometimes the water cooler breaks down and we have to wait for the guy to come fix it, but that is just how life is. We keep things moving as best as we can. People know us because we have been in this spot for a long time.