No monitors, no HDU and no intensive care unit. As a medical student, I swore never to work in that crowded claustrophobic room. As a houseofficer, witnessing firsthand the miracles that happened even without the gadgets in that small crowded space, I decided to specialize in paediatrics in Korle Bu. It was also around that time that efforts were intensified to get a one-stop shop for a new emergency room, a paediatric intensive care unit and a high dependency unit.