Army Base Hospital

Out in the Basistha area of Guwahati, the Army Base Hospital sits in a spot that feels a bit removed from the main city noise. The air is often heavy with humidity, especially during the monsoon months when the rain pours down for days. You just get used to the constant drum of rain on the roof. The hospital is a solid, sturdy building. It has seen many seasons and plenty of people come through its doors. Patients come to us from all over this part of the state. Some people have to travel a long way to get here. We have a lot of local staff who have lived in Guwahati their whole lives. We often talk about the local football scores or the best places to get tea while we are on our short breaks. The wards can get quite full, and it gets a bit noisy when there are a lot of visitors around in the afternoons. We try to keep things moving, but sometimes you just have to wait your turn. The paperwork is always there, piled up on the desks in the back offices. We spend a lot of our time just organizing files and making sure the records are in order. It is steady, honest work. We are not trying to impress anyone with fancy decorations. The walls are plain and the furniture is simple and built to last. It is just where we come to do our bit every day.