The 7 Palms Hospital & Research Centre

Out here on Itki Road, you’ll find us at Lalgutwa, right near the Kathal More area. The 7 Palms Hospital & Research Centre is where we spend our days and sometimes our nights too. It’s a bit of a trek for some people to get out here, but it’s a good spot for a hospital because there is actually a bit more space than in the city center. We have the research side of things going on in the back or on the upper floors, while the main hospital part is where the patients usually come in. It gets pretty dusty out on the road sometimes with all the trucks and vehicles passing by constantly. The building itself has been standing here for a good bit now. Inside, it smells like any other medical place you’ve been to, mostly just soap and that sharp cleaning stuff they use. We spend a lot of time looking at data or helping people who come in with various aches and pains. It’s not always exciting work, mostly just the routine of checking vitals and writing things down in the paper files. The research part sounds a bit grand, I suppose, but usually, it's just people in white coats looking at charts for a long time. We try to keep things organized, even when the waiting area gets completely full on Monday mornings. There is a small area where the staff takes their breaks, usually just for a quick tea.