Government Hospital

If you are looking for the government hospital in Usilampatti, we are right here in the center of things. It is a very busy location. There are always people coming and going throughout the day. Most of us who work here have lived in Usilampatti for a long time. The hospital building itself has seen better days, and maybe it could use some new windows or a better gate, but it still serves its purpose for the town. We get people from all the nearby villages coming in on buses and cycles every morning. The mornings are always the hardest part of the day because everyone wants to be seen at once. It gets pretty loud in the waiting area with all the kids and people talking while they wait. We don't have any of those fancy slogans or mission statements on the walls. We just have the duty charts and the signs pointing to the different wards so people don't get lost. It is a basic setup. We have a few wards for people who need to stay overnight and a small area for emergencies that come in late. The doctors are usually tired because there are so many patients to see before the day ends. We try to keep the pharmacy stocked, though sometimes we run out of certain things for a few days. It is just the reality of a public hospital. We don't try to be something we are not. It is a place for the community to get their health checked. We keep moving every day.