Sion Hospital

Living and working on Sion Hospital Road means you get used to a certain rhythm of sirens and people walking fast. Sion Hospital has been sitting here on this stretch for quite a while now. It is a long road and we are tucked in a spot that most locals can point to without thinking twice. The building shows its age if you look closely at the corners or the stairwells, but it holds up. Every morning the tea sellers set up nearby and that’s when the day really starts for us. We see a lot of the same faces from the neighborhood coming through the doors for one thing or another. It gets dusty because of the construction nearby but we try to keep the floors swept. Sometimes the lights flicker a bit in the back hallways but they usually stay on. It’s a practical place, really. We don’t have those huge shiny signs like the new private clinics across town. We just have our name on the front and a lot of rooms that stay busy until late at night. The staff mostly lives nearby or takes the train in, so we know the area well. It isn't a quiet spot by any means, but it feels like home to those of us who spend twelve hours a day inside these walls.