Mile End Road Surgery

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the quiet neighborhood of Mile End, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar one morning. Among the usual boxes and bags in the hospital’s loading dock was an old wooden violin case. Curious, he opened it carefully—inside lay a dusty instrument wrapped in an old scarf. A note attached read: 'For your next sick patient who loves music.' Turns out, the doctor had a secret passion for playing violins during his long shifts.

2. At dawn, a delivery driver approached Mile End Road Surgery with a heavy box under his arm. As he unlocked the door, he heard an unusual sound from inside—a soft humming that grew louder with each step. Finally, the door opened into a dimly lit room filled with old-fashioned medical equipment and strange contraptions. The delivery driver froze as he saw an elderly doctor, humming softly to himself, adjusting a large brass instrument on the counter. ‘Good morning,’ said the doctor without turning around. ‘Just tuning up my new stethoscope.’ The driver blinked, then laughed nervously and explained why he was there.

3. At Mile End Road Surgery, a curious patient asked one day: ‘Doctor, why do you always seem so busy when I arrive?’ With a twinkle in his eye, the doctor replied, 'Ah, my dear patient, it's not that I'm too busy—though sometimes it feels like that! It's just that every time you walk through those doors, someone else walks out!'

4. In the early hours, a delivery driver muttered under his breath as he struggled with a particularly heavy package: ‘This better be worth it.’ Finally reaching Mile End Road Surgery, he grumbled, ‘What could possibly be so urgent?’ Turns out, it was just a forgotten prescription for a regular’s sore throat—nothing too dramatic after all.