D N Maheta Sarvajanik Hospital

Our hospital is right here in Lumcikui, not too far from the irrigation office. It’s a sarvajanik place, which means we see just about everyone who walks through the door. This building has been standing here for quite a while now. It shows its age in some spots, but it does the job. Most of us who work here have been around the neighborhood for years, so we know the faces coming in. In the mornings, it gets pretty loud when the lobby fills up. People sit on the benches waiting for their turn with the doctors. We don't have those fancy automated systems you see in the big city hospitals. Simple paper files and calling out names is how we do things. The nurses are usually running around between the wards and the front desk. Sometimes the power goes out and we have to switch over to the generator, which makes a lot of noise. We handle everything from basic fevers to some of the more serious stuff that happens on the roads nearby. It’s a lot of long hours and the tea stall outside does a good trade with our staff. No one here tries to be anything we're not. It’s just a place where people come when they’re hurting or sick. Keeping the floors swept and the medicine stocked is a daily task. Life is busy in Lumcikui, but we are used to it by now and just keep at it.