Located on an artificial island along the Central river, the Hospital is a towering, glittering example of the world before. When things went bad, the Hospital was able to endure like no other infrastructure thanks to its location. Built as an example of human capability, the Hospital lived up to its reputation. Still. The world fell apart around it, and so the Hospital was able to survive and even move forward in a way the rest of the world simply couldn’t, that growth is abnormal and lopsided in many ways. The stories go that the Nurses Order rose up to take over the Hospital as the doctors and staff there fell apart. Sometimes literally. It is now the central hub for Nurse activity and where most Nurse training takes place. It is a center of learning, but does not distribute that learning freely no matter how that might better the world at large. This is a regular criticism of both the Hospital and the Nurses’ Order.
The Orphan Doctrine 