Why the Gauhati Super Speciality Hospital is a ray of hope for many

Guwahati: Last month, due to a family health emergency, I had to stay at the new Gauhati Medical College Super Speciality Hospital for around a fortnight as an attendant. This stay was my first such experience. Before that, I have been to hospitals to pay visits to different people I knew — with fruits or bouquets or ‘get well soon’ cards. I too had stayed at a nursing home when my son was born, but that was a happy occasion. 

This stay changed my perspective on life. I realised how blessed I was to stay at a hospital just as an attendant and not as a patient. At least I was free to take a walk or go home to freshen up or rest at home for a night when someone else came to relieve me.

This was a nephrology ward at the new campus, as my dear one was a kidney patient. It was a general female ward with patients from different backgrounds and age groups. The youngest patient was hardly 10 years old. The mere thought of her cries in agony gives me shivers. Whenever she cried, there was pin-drop silence in the whole ward.