Shakti Balaji Clinic

Shakti Balaji Clinic is located at No 3 Kumaraswamy St in Thorapadi. We are right near the Murugan Temple, so you can often hear the bells ringing or people gathered outside for festivals. It’s a nice landmark to have because otherwise, the street looks like any other in Thorapadi. The clinic itself is on the smaller side. We have a few benches for people to sit on while they wait. It gets hot in the afternoons, so we keep the fans going at full speed. The walls are painted a light blue, though it’s starting to fade near the windows where the sun hits it. We see a lot of the same faces from the neighborhood. People stop by for simple things, like a fever or a quick check on their blood pressure. We don't have a computerized booking system; we just write everything down in a big ledger at the front. Sometimes the handwriting is hard to read, but we manage. The doctor has been practicing here for a long time, so he knows most of the families around here. It feels more like a community spot than a cold medical office. There’s always someone talking in the waiting room about the latest news or the weather. It isn’t fancy, but it gets the job done for the folks living around Kumaraswamy Street. We just try to keep things moving along as best as we can.