Bansal Hospital

People around Akalsar Road know where we are because of the big sign out front that flickers a bit at night. We opened this place up because the area needed a spot for checkups and staying overnight when things get bad. The rooms are basic. We have beds, some fans, and a lot of medical files stacked in the back office. The traffic on Akalsar Road is loud, so you hear the horns all day long. It doesn’t bother us much anymore. Our nurses are usually running around between the wards. They don't have much time for sitting. Sometimes the tea man comes by and that’s the highlight of the afternoon shift. We don't use big words or try to act like we are some huge city center. We just run Bansal Hospital the way we know how. It gets dusty because of the road work outside, so we are always mopping the floors. It’s a lot of work keeping everything organized. Patients come from the villages nearby mostly. They bring their whole families sometimes. It gets noisy in the lobby, but that’s fine. We’d rather have it full than empty. We use old-fashioned ledgers for some things and computers for others. It’s a mix of the old ways and the new ones. We just keep going, day after day, making sure the lights stay on and the patients get looked at. Sometimes we run out of stationery, but we manage.