M.A. Wahida Banu Clinic

The clinic is located on Subbarayan 2nd Street in the Perambur Barracks area. It is a small place, nothing too flashy or modern. If you are walking down the street, you might almost miss the entrance at 36/1-A if you are not paying close attention. Perambur is generally a very busy part of town, but our particular street has its own quiet moments during the day. We mostly see people who live right here in the neighborhood. They come in for the usual things like seasonal coughs or small aches and pains. The waiting room only has a few chairs, so sometimes people have to stand outside for a bit on the sidewalk if it is a busy evening. We keep a fan going near the desk, but it still gets quite warm when the sun hits the front of the building in the afternoon. The main desk is always cluttered with various notebooks and old pens because we still write a lot of our notes down by hand. It has a very local, neighborly feel to it. You get to know the people who walk in; you know their names and often their families too. We do not have any big signs or fancy advertisements. People just know we are here. The front door creaks a little whenever it opens. We have talked about fixing that hinge for years, but it’s just part of the place now. The light in the hallway is a bit dim, but we have gotten used to it.