UMC East

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the neon lights of UMC East flickered on, a small dog would appear outside the clinic's entrance. Every evening, without fail, it would sit there, staring intently at the closed doors as if waiting for someone who never came. One night, a delivery driver arrived with an extra box of donuts. Thinking no one was around, he left them near the dog. The next morning, everyone in the neighborhood found out: UMC East had a new resident—an overweight, happy little pooch named Doc Donut.

2. One morning, as a nurse was preparing for her shift, she noticed an odd message scribbled in marker on the staff fridge: ‘If you see a ghost doctor with a stethoscope floating around, don’t panic—just follow the beeping sound.’ Later that day, while helping a delivery driver locate his lost package, she heard the familiar beeping and followed it up to the roof. There stood a ghostly figure holding a stethoscope, gently tapping a cellphone. Turns out he was just playing Pokémon Go. The nurse shook her head and smiled, thinking, 'At least he’s not haunting patients.'

3. Late one night, as the staff at UMC East settled in for their shifts, a voice crackled over the intercom: ‘Attention, everyone—your next patient is a very impatient pigeon.’ Alarms went off and chaos ensued as the poor bird flapped around, startling everyone. Nurses chased it with rolled-up magazines while doctors tried to herd it with stethoscopes. Finally, an exhausted orderly caught it using only a paper bag. The next day, someone joked that maybe they should hire the pigeon as a mascot—it was certainly more entertaining than most patients.

4. In the early hours, before dawn, a delivery driver pulled up outside UMC East. Curious packages were stacked in his truck, but none prepared him for what he found nestled among them—a tiny violin, wrapped in old newspaper. As he opened it, a soft melody drifted out, filling the empty streets. Confused and curious, he played it back to his neighbor later that morning. It turned out to be an old lullaby from their childhood. Since then, whenever there's a quiet moment at UMC East, you can hear the gentle strains of that forgotten tune.