
Shonagh Anderson
“I can come and be my own person up here. Just take five minutes time out just to chill, rest and go back.”

Spela Oberstar
“Because I’m a keen gardener, I love spending time in the nature and outdoors. I was very, very quickly attracted to the beautiful Cyrenians garden.”

Stanley Kadulski
“When I want to relax or when I am stressed and I want to take steam out, I am opening my surgery here and I am trying to figure it out.”

Susan Wishart
“Even when it’s cold in the winter, I make sure I’m wrapped up in my coat and got my gloves on.”

Terry Henderson
“The place I escape to, I call it my howf. Get in here, close the door, and I can do my wee projects at lunchtime and it’s just nice and relaxing.”

Tina Makedenge
“And it’s mine, it’s nobody else’s. It belongs to the hospital but it’s my space.”

Umar Saleem
“It can get testing at times and you do need a place to hide. At the same time, where do you hide?You can’t go for a two-hour chat with your friends…so you just walk to the other end of the hospital and back.”

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