Essays

A hospital is an institution in which sick and injuredpersons are given medical or surgical treatment. Hospitals are government as well as private.

Government hospitals do not charge anything for theservices they provide. But private hospitals charge goodamount for the treatment for their services to ill persons.No one happily goes there. But all of us might have gone there.

Last week I happened to visit the local hospital to seemy uncle. My uncle had been admitted there for an Operation of his heart. There was a great rush of visitorsin the compound who came to meet their patients.

When I went to meet him, he was sleep. The whole wardwas full of patients. They were suffering from differentdiseases. Some of the crying due to pain. Some were sleeping.

A young woman was lying with serious burns. In thenext ward a man had been stabbed in the back. Doctors

And nurses were moving about.

They were attending to the patients. They were full oflove and sympathy. There was strange smell of Medicines in the hospital.

The hospital was neat and clean. It was the clean. It was the visitinghour so there was crowd of relatives and friends.

The hospital presented a horrible look. Pain andsuffering was everywhere. I felt very sad and returned

Home in a contemplative mood.