Amarillo Heart Institute

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver asked curiously: ‘Why do all our packages seem to disappear after arriving here?’ It turned out that every package was being delivered not to patients but to a secret adorable puppy adoption program run by the staff. The driver, relieved and smiling, said, 'Now I understand why everyone here is always so happy!'

2. Late one night, an intern heard a strange humming sound coming from behind the MRI machine. It grew louder with each scan, like a distant hum of contented bees. Curious, the intern peered around the corner and saw nothing but shadows. Suddenly, an old doctor appeared from behind the scanner, smiling gently. 'Just my heart,' he said, tapping his chest. ‘It likes the rhythm of our scans.’ The two shared a laugh, and from that day on, whenever anyone heard the hum, they knew it was just Dr. Amarillo’s happy ticker.

3. In the early hours of the morning, a nurse was quietly making her rounds when she noticed something peculiar. The heart monitor in Room 423 seemed to be playing a familiar tune—something between a lullaby and a western ballad. Curious, she leaned closer, and realized it wasn’t music at all—it was just the steady rhythm of a newborn’s heartbeat mixed with an old cowboy’s snoring from next door. The nurse shook her head, smiling, and wrote down ‘Patient 423: stable, singing softly’ in her notes.

4. At midnight, a janitor cleaning the halls noticed something peculiar on the security camera feed—a shadowy figure wearing a stethoscope appeared to be performing heart surgeries in broad daylight, right next to the reception desk. Curious, he watched as the ghostly surgeon performed flawless procedures without ever touching anyone. Turns out it was just an overzealous doctor’s assistant practicing on a dummy—who’d accidentally left the lights on and the door open. The next morning, everyone laughed when they found out that ‘Amarillo Heart Institute’ had been hosting its very own late-night comedy show.