Mamatha Hospital

Ghanpur Station is a small place, and our hospital is right on Station Road where most of the local activity happens. We are very close to the railway tracks, so the sound of the trains is something we hear all day and night. It is a simple hospital that focuses on the basic needs of the people in this area. We don't have the big budgets of the city hospitals. We keep our rooms clean and our equipment ready. The building is a single-story structure with a small garden in the front. I try to keep it watered when I have a spare minute. Most of the patients are farmers or people who work at the station. They come in with all sorts of injuries or illnesses. We have a few beds for those who need to stay for a day or two. The nurses are local women who have lived in Ghanpur their whole lives. We keep our records in handwritten ledgers. It is just easier for us that way. In the evenings, the staff sits outside for a bit of air before the final rounds. Station Road is quite dusty, especially during the dry season, but it is home. We know everyone who comes in, and they know us by name. It is a quiet, steady way to run a hospital in a town like this. We just handle the everyday health problems that come our way and try to keep things moving along smoothly.