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The hospital was painted all white, making it look exceptionally clean. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The lawns were green, with soft grass that was perfectly manicured, it looked like a golf course. Flower beds lined the paved roads entering the hospital, and more flowers danced in the wind along the paved walkways which had roofs over them, you could walk all over the hospital in the rain without getting wet. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">From the Nairobi Nyahururu highway, a dirt road led you to the hospital gate a few hundred meters inwards. You knew you were in different territory the moment you stepped through the steel gates that stood open during the day. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Every road inside the hospital was tarmacked. Shiny, jet black, smooth tarmac like we had never seen before, it was fun walking that short distance to the hospital&#8217;s front door. The road continued straight to the administration building, where hospital vehicles, including an ambulance, were parked outside. Halfway on that road, there was a gentle slope that led patients directly to the front doors of the hospital building. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The huge doors ushered patients into an open lobby with a huge round counter where patients registered and were issued with treatment cards. 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