Around Christmas time the team visited the local hospital. Armed with donated crisps and drinks as well as home made snow flakes, paper chains and balloons we were sent around the children's wards.
The condition of the hospital was less than you can expect in the UK - but wasn't awful. The premature birth room had no door and we were allowed access without any sort of precautions put into place. Sinks had the odd cockroach scuttle on by and there were cats on the hospital grounds, some that managed to get into empty areas to nap on the hospital beds.
The patients and their family were all very grateful for the gifts and the decorations. Some of the girls on our team sang Christmas carols and the more religious members prayed for the ill. It was quite an emotional day for a lot of the team - either being reminded of family members or their past selves going through the same or just from the upset of seeing so many poorly people.
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