Chapter 267: Hospital (1)
The inpatient building where Misha was staying was located on the outskirts of Sunken City. It was a newly completed branch of Hopkins Hospital, having opened only half a year earlier.
Hopkins Hospital was a long-established private hospital whose main campus was situated in downtown Sunken City. That area was part of the old city district, and in order to preserve the city’s historic character and reduce the impact of new construction on street lighting and ventilation, the municipal government had imposed height restrictions on buildings. As the number of patients increased, the hospital’s operating rooms, wards, and other facilities gradually became unable to keep up with demand.
The branch where Misha was admitted had been built specifically to ease the bed shortage at the downtown headquarters.
After all, this was a horror-movie world, where all kinds of bizarre accidents happened one after another and casualty rates were high. As a result, hospitals here were exceptionally busy.
The branch building that appeared before Everly was an imposing tower more than twenty stories high. A large garden had been built in front of it, and it was said that the top floor of the inpatient building also featured a rooftop garden to provide patients with a pleasant environment for recovery.
However, the building had only recently been put into use, and since it was currently winter—not a suitable season for planting—the gardens were still largely empty. Aside from patches of withered grass, all that could be seen were thick layers of snow and frozen, hardened soil.
Everly stepped across the crunching frozen ground and entered the hospital lobby.
Private hospitals placed greater emphasis on patient privacy, so visitors were required to register in advance before seeing patients.
While filling out her information at the reception desk, Everly keenly sensed that someone was watching her.