Farhan Hospital

Farhan Hospital is based in Malegaon. It is a local place that has been serving the town for a good number of years. The building is simple and sits on a street that gets very crowded on market days. We have a few wards and a small emergency area. The staff consists of people from the local area who know the families coming in. It’s a very grounded kind of place. We don’t have high-tech gadgets everywhere, just the stuff that is necessary. The reception area is usually busy with people asking about their relatives or trying to get an appointment. Malegaon is a place with its own pace, and the hospital reflects that. Sometimes the power goes out, and we have to switch over to the generator, which makes a loud humming noise. We spend a lot of time cleaning the floors because of all the mud and dust that gets tracked in from the street. The doctors have their own small cabins, and the rest of us share a workspace in the middle. We use a lot of paper ledgers because they are more reliable than the old computer we have. Lunch breaks are usually taken in turns so there is always someone at the desk. It’s not a glamorous job, but it’s what we do every day. We just try to keep things functioning and help whoever shows up at the door.