If you dare to imagine what the first views of a new patient would be, this would be one of them.
A lone door showing through a nurses station at the admitting ward.
Right here countless guests to Northern State started their journey to recovery through this door.
Given their circumstances, I’m sure there were a wild range of emotions.
Ones of uncertainty about what lay ahead of them. Feelings of hopelessness as to this was what had become of them. I’m sure deep contemplation for some was abound.
Several decades later, all that is left, is an imprint for us to ponder the lives of those who walked through this door.
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