Lakhanpal Clinic

Lakhanpal Clinic is over in Shimlapuri. It is a local place that most people in the neighborhood know about. We are not a large facility, just a regular clinic where people come when they are feeling under the weather. The waiting room has a few plastic chairs and a fan on the ceiling that makes a bit of a clicking noise when it is on the high setting. We have been here for a long time and the building has that comfortable, lived-in feel. The walls are decorated with a few old health posters that have started to yellow at the edges. My job involves a lot of writing in ledgers and talking to people who walk in off the street. Shimlapuri is a crowded area with lots of narrow lanes, so it always feels very close-knit. We know most of the families who come in and we remember their histories without having to look at the files sometimes. It is a lot of routine stuff like checking temperatures and giving out basic medicine. The light in the office is a bit dim in the evenings, so we have a desk lamp that we use to see the paperwork. We usually have the radio playing softly in the background to fill the silence between patients. It is a humble spot, nothing like the big private hospitals in the city center. We just focus on the people here in Shimlapuri and keep the clinic running day by day.