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Is this the UK's most grim doctors surgery? (i.redd.it)

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[–]Rectal_Scattergun 1510 points1511 points  (71 children)

That looks like the kind of place where you'd go in for a sprained ankle and wake up hours later in an ice bath missing both your kidneys

[–]Nearly_safe 258 points259 points  (56 children)

I never understood why organ thieves went to so much trouble to keep the victim alive after the op. Why bother stitching him up and putting him in an ice bath? Are they hoping they may be able to pop back later for a few more bits?

[–]masterpharos 238 points239 points  (38 children)

keep the victim alive after the op

i think they are mostly being slaughtered.

The ice bath thing is probably more tied to the urban myth aspect of organ theft.

What really spooked me was the story about illegal blood farms in India.

and that scene in Looper which is loosely related.

[–]benmalakian2 101 points102 points  (4 children)

Wtf had never heard of blood theft before that is insane

[–]masterpharos 69 points70 points  (0 children)

its fucking nightmare fuel is what it is

[–]mrgonzalez 47 points48 points  (2 children)

That's what happens when you want black pudding in a place that doesn't make much meat

[–]jamie130292 63 points64 points  (16 children)

How the fuck did the guy only get 9 months in prison?

[–]Toast_On_The_RUN 48 points49 points  (14 children)

Yeah wtf?? That dude was pure evil, locking people in sweltering sheds, taking their blood too often and with not enough food or nutrition. And to top it all off if they were about to die he'd just put them on a bus and ship them away to die somewhere else. The blood stealer deserves the worst of punishments.

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    [–]veve87 14 points15 points  (0 children)

    Omg why did I read that? I knew I shouldn't.

    [–]Sheep03 10 points11 points  (1 child)

    The scene from looper is the first thing I thought of when I saw the pic

    [–]Thisoneissfwihope 48 points49 points  (6 children)

    I have a kidney transplant or two and live in an area with a very large South Asian population. Talking to the doctors there it's fairly common for a patient to go on holiday to the mother country and then magically come back with a new kidney that a 'cousin' just so happened to have donated to him while they were out there.

    [–]SpezEditsMyComments 49 points50 points  (4 children)

    I have a kidney transplant or two

    You're not sure how many?

    [–]Cutthechitchata-hole 37 points38 points  (1 child)

    "they just keep on shoving kidneys in me"

    [–]Box-o-bees 13 points14 points  (0 children)

    Funnily enough; when they do a kidney transplant they typically don't remove the old kidney unless it's causing problems other than failing. So there are a lot of people walking around with 3 kidneys lol.

    [–]iamarddtusr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    The doctor on the trip to the joke country wasn’t very clear about how many

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      [–]NatGeo1993 8 points9 points  (0 children)

      I work in renal, and have heard stories about this 😬

      [–]TheWifeAccount 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      This was many levels of fucked up

      [–]YourSkatingHobbit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      Well, I’m never leaving the house ever again in my life, what the FUCK?!

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        [–]uncivlengr 22 points23 points  (2 children)

        Because the whole "waking up in an ice bath" thing is completely a myth.

        It's a spookier story for the victim to wake up missing organs than for someone else to just find them dead.

        [–]fonix232 7 points8 points  (1 child)

        Technically, the ice bath part isn't a myth.

        The ice bath itself serves a number of purposes. It incapacitates the victim, reduces metabolism, and keeps the organs viable for a longer period (this is why you e.g. ice a finger if you cut it off, or why proper channel organs are transported on ice).

        The myth part is that you wake up. Fun fact, you don't.

        [–]Bulky-Yam4206 114 points115 points  (4 children)

        Organ theft charge is probably better than a murder charge?

        Also a corpse is too much hassle to dispose of. A body that’s alive will make a mess and remove itself from the scene or something, I dunno.

        [–]Hodor_The_Great 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        They'll usually find cops after removing themselves tho

        [–]Nearly_safe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        I'm not convinced. You're leaving a witness to a pretty heinous crime alive and more or less well...

        [–]Mattagon1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

        But you do get more organs after they die 😉

        [–]PeptoBismark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        And hey, if part of the business model generates people who are desperate for kidney transplants ...

        [–]SlackersClub 7 points8 points  (3 children)

        They want your organs, not your life.

        [–]bee_administratorSausage Monstrosity 18 points19 points  (2 children)

        Can we 'ave yer liver then?

        [–]The_Queef_of_England 9 points10 points  (1 child)

        but I'm using it

        [–]Morphinan_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        Mum said it’s my turn

        [–]arabidopsisUnofficial MasterChef Champion of r/casualUK 13 points14 points  (0 children)

        I mean recently a Nigerian royal came to the Uk with a child that they used to traffic organs with.

        It was a pretty fucked up story.

        [–]Raichu7 6 points7 points  (0 children)

        They wouldn’t bother to keep you alive after taking both kidneys, they’d have to leave one for that.

        [–]CharlomoMcGoof 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        They are thieves, not murderers. Only distinction is they are willing to do one crime, but not another they consider to be more severe. Even among those with poor morals, they often draw the line somewhere.

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          [–]HMJ87 17 points18 points  (2 children)

          I take lungs now, gills come next week

          [–]Rectal_Scattergun 8 points9 points  (1 child)

          Wait a minute, this says Z ray

          [–]HMJ87 7 points8 points  (0 children)

          Is better than X Ray! Is 2 more than X!

          [–]Reddy-McReddit-Face 2 points3 points  (3 children)

          Did you have a dodgy curry the night before you came up with that username?

          [–]Rectal_Scattergun 7 points8 points  (2 children)

          Alas I don't eat curry.

          It came about after a mugging attempt many moons ago during which I discovered I had this unusual and amazing power, an arsehole that explodes on command, and thus a superhero (and username) was born.

          [–]K_Click_D 4 points5 points  (0 children)

          They told me I’d signed up to donate while I was under!

          [–]StationFar6396 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Lukcy they will grow back, right? RIGHT?

          [–]Holiday_Classic_472 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Looks like some hell hole prison in Bangkok

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            [–]Splodge89 589 points590 points  (14 children)

            Genuinely assumed it was a public loo in a rough area before I read the title.

            Yes, it probably is the most grim.

            [–]Quickbrownfoxjumper 98 points99 points  (2 children)

            I thought it was a third world cash converters

            [–]ROB_163 37 points38 points  (1 child)

            Flat roof pub.

            [–]emdave 14 points15 points  (0 children)

            Come on, it's not THAT bad...

            [–]Raichu7 31 points32 points  (1 child)

            It looks like the kind of public loo you walk past when your bladder is full but decide you can wait.

            [–]Sproutykins 7 points8 points  (0 children)

            Then you hear screams emanating from the door as you're twenty feet away, consider calling someone, but think better of it.

            [–]farfetchedfrank 15 points16 points  (7 children)

            I went to a doctor's like this (but not quite as bad) they gave me the key to the toilet attached to a wooden block. There was a blue light in the toilet to stop people shooting up.

            [–]Horizon296 3 points4 points  (5 children)

            Genuine question: how does a blue light stop people from shooting up?

            [–]Tensokuu 11 points12 points  (1 child)

            https://www.npr.org/2019/09/03/756976676/blue-lights-may-deter-intravenous-drug-use-in-public-spaces

            Why the change of color? Blue bulbs have been deployed for years to deter people from using IV drugs. The glow supposedly masks the blue-tinted lines of veins beneath your skin, making it harder to find one and inject. [...] A 2013 study from the Harm Reduction Journal showed that blue lightbulbs probably won't stop people from using intravenous drugs. Instead, they'll likely still use as they originally planned, but because it's harder to see, they're more likely to suffer injuries like abscess or damage to their veins.

            [–]farfetchedfrank 3 points4 points  (2 children)

            It makes it harder for them to see their blue veins.

            [–]TheKnightsTippler 4 points5 points  (0 children)

            Also makes it harder to see if someone's pissed all over the toilet.

            [–]Horizon296 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            Thank you for your reply!

            [–]Sproutykins -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

            I'm still amazed that people voluntarily take opioids.

            [–]LoftusCheekyGirls 11 points12 points  (0 children)

            I suspect it may also be that

            [–]mysterylemon 214 points215 points  (9 children)

            And to think that the houses surrounding it are all likely going to be over 500k each. Bang in the middle of North London.

            To be fair though, the building as a whole doesn't look as grim. Looks like just about every council funded building of that era, 1940s post war I'm assuming. Function over form. Essentially a brick box.

            [–]StruffBunstridge 75 points76 points  (6 children)

            Looked it up on Zoopla - current estimates on that road are £500-800k

            [–]Goonia 19 points20 points  (1 child)

            My parents bought a semi detached about half a mile away in 1995 for £90k, it's floating around £850k now...

            [–]CressCrowbits 37 points38 points  (2 children)

            Fucking hell, glad I got out of London. To think I can't even afford to live in the shitty areas I grew up in that I so desperately dreamed of escaping.

            [–]Moontorc 2 points3 points  (1 child)

            But if you escaped it today, you'd be £500-800k richer ;)

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              [–]I_Bin_Painting 15 points16 points  (0 children)

              The inequality is probably the reason the drugs need protection from ram raiders.

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                [–]Nearly_safe 54 points55 points  (12 children)

                ...and yet "Arnos Grove". It sounds so enticing. Like there may be groups of philosophising druids strolling among the trees. Deer, squirrels, cuckoos calling...

                [–]CressCrowbits 46 points47 points  (6 children)

                Anus Grove is a bleak, utterly soulless little north London suburb that exists close to nothing other than other bleak, utterly soulless little north London suburbs, which in turn only offer the benefit of being slightly closer to more interesting places. It's architecture is all largely poorly maintained 1960s-70s council flats and flat roofed shops.

                If it didn't have a tube station and close to a major road it would have simply withered away a couple of decades ago.

                Source: am from Finchley.

                [–]Piec3_of_Toast 10 points11 points  (1 child)

                everything you said is completely correct

                from someone who's lived in New Southgate.

                [–]CressCrowbits 13 points14 points  (0 children)

                "Southgate sucks, let's make a new one!"

                (Proceeds to make somewhere even worse)

                [–]wren1666 5 points6 points  (2 children)

                Coming from Edmonton I always thought Arnos Grove was very la De Da.

                [–]bastardisedmouseman 9 points10 points  (0 children)

                You don't live in Edmonton, you survive edmonton

                [–]CressCrowbits 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                Coming from Edmonton

                You have my utmost sympathies.

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                  [–]Odd-Alfalfa7196 3 points4 points  (1 child)

                  Or an unreleased Jethro Tull and Rick Wakeman side project album from the early 70s that never saw the light of day

                  [–]seeriktus 4 points5 points  (2 children)

                  Any place with "grove" is usually proper shit

                  [–]BudgetTrainer3391 246 points247 points  (9 children)

                  Yes.

                  I could take two years out of my life, and visit every single GP surgery in the land, and I can guarantee this would still be the most grim GP surgery I'd see.

                  It make's Harold Shipman's old place look like the entrance to heaven.

                  [–]AdamSubtract 257 points258 points  (4 children)

                  Well it was for a few of his patients...

                  [–]nerdalertalertnerd 25 points26 points  (0 children)

                  Oh god this made me laugh a dark laugh.

                  [–]_Diskreet_ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

                  ಠ_ಠ

                  [–]BudgetTrainer3391 6 points7 points  (1 child)

                  Glad someone took that without me having to say it. Good teamwork sir!

                  [–]ResponsibilityNo3245 15 points16 points  (2 children)

                  Shipman's place looked like a Chinese takeaway from the outside.

                  So I agree, I love a Chinese.

                  [–]Holiday_Classic_472 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                  Exactly what is was 🎶is there a bushel in your hedgerow? Do be alarmed now🎵

                  [–]Wyvernkeeper 101 points102 points  (13 children)

                  Haha. I know a guy who worked on reception here.

                  He has some stories.

                  [–]Catspoodle 31 points32 points  (9 children)

                  We need details.

                  [–]Wyvernkeeper 84 points85 points  (8 children)

                  It's mostly a mix of attempted assaults and then the occasional proposition.

                  Sometimes in the same encounter.

                  It's exactly as the image would lead you to believe. Sometimes they even have to have security there.

                  Thing is, it's not even that rough an area.

                  [–]Catspoodle 15 points16 points  (0 children)

                  Yikes. Sounds like it looks then. No wonder they've got a cage on the door.

                  [–]Robinhoyo 12 points13 points  (6 children)

                  It is a bit of a shit hole tbf, just a tube station, a few estates and a harvester next to the north circular.

                  [–]Pink_Flash 19 points20 points  (4 children)

                  ...just a tube station...

                  Ack.

                  ...a few estates...

                  Bleh

                  ...and a harvester...

                  Bloody hell that's ghastly!

                  [–]Robinhoyo 12 points13 points  (3 children)

                  It's also a place where a crackhead knocked on my car window and asked if I had any spare tinfoil so she could go and shoot up.

                  [–]SuspiciouslyMoist 15 points16 points  (1 child)

                  Druggies are always so optimistic: "That bloke's bound to have some tinfoil in his car."

                  [–]lsgukMC Devvo can be my teacher 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                  'Ah ya know what mate, it's your lucky day! I have! Here, it's my last piece.'

                  [–]Holiday_Classic_472 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                  Somebody came to my door for some long time ago

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                    [–]joemckie 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                    I used to be a patient there and the doctors are fucking AWFUL. One confused my partner's allergic reaction with chickenpox and gave her medicine that made it much worse, according to the A&E walk in clinic she went to afterwards.

                    [–]Ryanthelion1 6 points7 points  (1 child)

                    I assume the reason for the bars like this is the junkies at night try to get stuff like methadone? Worked at a pharmacy company and one place was constantly having junkies trying to break in for the methadone, if it wasn't barred up they'd break in through it

                    [–]Chilli_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                    Or they're after the straight up opiates like codeine

                    [–]Rayvon300 30 points31 points  (1 child)

                    must have some good drugs in there

                    [–]dumblederp 9 points10 points  (0 children)

                    That junkie gate aint messin about.

                    [–]grunklestangravfalls 23 points24 points  (0 children)

                    This is just the entrance to a safe zone in any zombie apocalypse film, game or TV show

                    [–]Cannabis_Sir 19 points20 points  (3 children)

                    I think it's the UKs worst anything, I'd want shots before I even went in there

                    [–]hardyflashier 12 points13 points  (2 children)

                    Tequila? Sambuca?

                    [–]Cannabis_Sir 12 points13 points  (0 children)

                    Probably just shot in the head at point blank range with a shotgun after having a second look at it

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                      [–]Mockwyn 21 points22 points  (1 child)

                      Don’t Enter Dead Inside

                      [–]Badger1066 20 points21 points  (0 children)

                      Don't dead open inside.

                      [–]jim_buddy 11 points12 points  (0 children)

                      Ours has razor wire around the flat roof, feels pretty grim.

                      [–]NotoriousREV 47 points48 points  (5 children)

                      Is that the place where Tom Cruise gets his eyes swapped in Minority Report?

                      [–]Adamskiiiiiiiii 15 points16 points  (0 children)

                      No it’s where John Travolta becomes Nicholas Cage.

                      [–]spiralled 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                      Never scratch!

                      [–]ukpunjabivixen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                      Literally where my mind went when I saw this.

                      The mouldy sandwich and glass of curdled milk made me 🤮🤮🤮

                      [–]ssvrd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                      Don't scratch. Never scratch!

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                        [–]BeccasBump 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                        I think you'd have to actively try to beat it. It looks like it smells of wee.

                        [–]BigBeanMarketingBaked beans are the best, eat beans all the time. 45 points46 points  (4 children)

                        Wow I assumed this was Damascus.

                        [–]Delhicatessen'That's Ƞ𝖀㎥𝒃𝑒𝘳ш𝖆Ⴖց! Let's rotate the board!' 74 points75 points  (1 child)

                        Right? Syriasly grim.

                        [–]-eagle73SOUTH COAST 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                        Finally one of these that actually work, not one where you have to severely mispronounce it for it to make sense/be funny.

                        [–]Duke0fWellingtonFive pints for a tenner. Be arsed being a southerner 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                        Looks like a barbershop in a Brazilian favela lmao

                        [–]TJ_Sterling 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                        Strong vibes of when I lived in Beijing for me. There almost every house/flat has prison bars on every window.

                        [–]Tasty_A 34 points35 points  (0 children)

                        if that was my Doctor surgery i’d take one look at it and say i’m not that sick

                        [–]MagZero 6 points7 points  (1 child)

                        Harley Street has gone downhill.

                        [–]Yanky_Doodle_Dickwad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                        Ryan Air would call it Harley Street (Peckham)

                        [–]sbowesuk 6 points7 points  (2 children)

                        Yeah that looks pretty nasty, but I looked up the street on Google Maps, and the surrounding area actually doesn't look too bad.

                        [–]adminsuckdonkeydickManchester 0 points1 point  (1 child)

                        How did you find it?

                        [–]whatsperkilo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                        Google the name of the place from the picture?

                        [–]BigSmackisBack 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                        I genuinely thought this was a doctors surgery inside a prison, grotty AF!

                        [–]UpstairsPractical870 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                        Definitely the anus grove of doctors surgery

                        [–]sd-rw 13 points14 points  (0 children)

                        Wow. Thought my old one was bad but it was just falling down - at least there was no need for a safety cage on the front.

                        [–]POG_Thief 17 points18 points  (0 children)

                        Pretty grim yet surprisingly no graffiti.

                        [–]spaceshipcommanderStrong and Northern 16 points17 points  (0 children)

                        I feel like you could go in there fine and leave with numerous illnesses not yet known to medical science.

                        [–]Soulless--Plague 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                        This is the kind of medical unit you'd see in a zombie apocalypse movie where they have to go get medical supplies for someone's injured child and they get caught inside but luckily it's fortified already

                        [–]_jk_I am disgusted and aroused 9 points10 points  (1 child)

                        clearly a SCP facility

                        [–]KevinPhillips-BongSlightly silly 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                        Yes, it looks like it could be the place where they keep the hard-to-kill reptile.

                        [–]MellotronSymphonyHow long can a custom flair be?????????????????????????????????? 9 points10 points  (0 children)

                        Even Harold Shipman would have second thoughts about that

                        [–]thermonuclearmuskrat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                        That's a murder hole.

                        [–]Infected-Bat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                        Nah. Standard

                        [–]thebeardofbeards 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                        Uncle Touchy's Puzzle Basement

                        [–]MJSsaywakeyourselfup 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                        Looks like when your on holiday in somewhere like Spain and you spot a shop in the middle of no where on the way back to the airport ✈️

                        [–]glovefatboy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                        Swarming with thieving crackheads obviously.

                        [–]Claptrap-94 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                        Walk in for a check up and walk out with tetanus.

                        [–]Muted_Director_88 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                        Not the clinics fault the people who live there have made it a shit hole

                        [–]AIMBOT_BOB 4 points5 points  (1 child)

                        You sure that's not a methadone clinic?

                        [–]rcdroopy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                        Looks like where the baddies go for surgery on b movie.

                        [–]isabelladangelo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                        You know, they could have fun with it. Paint the building behind it so each of the rectangles the bars make have a different color peeking out. Would make it a bit more cheery.

                        [–]X-202 1 point2 points  (1 child)

                        Can't imagine what the receptionists are like 😬

                        [–]kevix2022 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                        "Yes, but is the bullet wound LIFE THREATENING?! Everyone's very busy in the walk in stab clinic this morning."

                        [–]RGbudvit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                        Looks like a Rimworld clinic entrance.

                        [–]Amanystya 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                        I've seen more appealing crack dens

                        [–]drivingagermanwhip 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                        at least it's open

                        [–]jokerjoker82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                        Get a tetanus shot before you go in 😂😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

                        [–]tjstrider 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                        Ha! I work in Arnos Grove, palmers road always looks like a drug corner in Baltimore from the wire!

                        [–]_spalex_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                        Holy blast from the past!

                        I went to school in arnos grove. Used to walk past that daily.

                        [–]I_upvote_zeroes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                        Oh Enfield, never change.

                        [–]leoscato93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                        Peak Arnos Grove right there

                        [–]CalmAlarm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                        Prepare your Arnos

                        [–]seeriktus 1 point2 points  (4 children)

                        Think I'd get a depression relapse just by going there

                        [–]Sproutykins 1 point2 points  (3 children)

                        There's a certain feeling I get in the back of my eyes and head when I'm depressed, followed by this fuzzy feeling like hundreds of claws being scraped down my face. I sometimes get brief flashes of that sensation when I look at places like Ibid.

                        [–]RunningPirate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                        “Does this rag smell like chloroform?”

                        [–]Twiggy_Shei 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                        That's where they lock you in to harvest your organs, bro, don't you set a foot in there

                        [–]ShaitanSpeaks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                        If that isn’t a place you pay docs to write you scripts you don’t need, I ain’t going in.

                        [–]Avery-Inigo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                        Well I think it's a rather pleasant rather established place to pander about at

                        [–]ChrisRR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        Looks like you'd have a kidney removed there, whether you needed it or not

                        [–]CatFoodBeerAndGlue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        Bet the receptionist there is like Miss Trunchbull on crack

                        [–]InstructionNeat1424 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        Shabby chic GP surgery, very 2014.

                        [–]Solafuge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        I'd be worried about missing some organs when I leave.

                        [–]ravs1973 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        Just looked on Google and it actually looks like like a nice area. I expected a flat roof pub nearby with lots of England Flags and Sky sports banners but the pub across from the surgery looks quite nice.

                        [–]Scrambled_Juice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        That's the best private practice I've ever seen

                        [–]MrGastric 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        The sights of London you’ll never see on tele.

                        [–]Joe_Kinincha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        There is (or hopefully was) one I used to go to just off the Caledonian Road that would give it a run, but yeah, that’s rough

                        [–]iamgodalmighty92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        Depressingly, probably not.

                        [–]ACnewbieRaff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        Hahaha I looks just like Morum House sexual health clinic (also in North London and not too far from this). There's a nice front entrance for main clinic but the sexual health clinic is like this off to the side. Anti theft spikes on the top of the cage entrance and rubbish all around the entrance. Really doesn't inspire confidence. The staff were lovely but terrible first impression.

                        [–]FranksBestToeKnife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        Cymmer is pretty bleak, though perhaps not quite as bad. I'll try and dig out a picture when I grt a chance ..

                        [–]thefragile- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        Brutal. At least you’re always guaranteed an appointment by the looks of it!

                        [–]Hungry_Dependent9479 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        Well, it is Southgate.

                        [–]lozzablob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        Does Sinbad work there?

                        [–]nickelback-super-fan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        Sadly not

                        [–]Subject_Pirate_6450 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        If it isn't, it's got to be right up there

                        [–]Octozinho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        Why this is so similar to the level 3 of backrooms ?

                        [–]ChiefBr0dy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        Looks like a kebab shop I know called Yummies.

                        [–]RoyalCultural 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                        Depends. It I can see a doctor in there I'll take it

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                          [–]I_WANT_SAUSAGES 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          Whenever I see Arnos Grove I get the Biker Grove theme stuck in my head (but saying "Arnos" instead of "Biker", obviously).

                          [–]droolinggimp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          I would happily go there if I could get my 2 years old to see a doctor to actually witness his skin condition.

                          My 2 year old has a skin condition/rash not all over but on the extremities. When he was a month or so old we tried to get him in to see our doctor but with covid, they didn't want anyone going in to the doctors so it was done over the phone. Sent the doctors pictures. Diagnosed with eczema. got creams etc. worked for a short while then it flared up again. called to get him in, no sorry no can do. phone call later, another batch of cream and was told to send more pictures to a link they send to our phones. Never recieved the link even after calling back for it, waiting 40 minutes or more to get through. We have been trying to get him seen for nearly 2 years. We call up every week either the phone is engaged or caller number 30+ even after a few seconds of the phone line opening at 8am. Who realistically has up to and hour or more to sit waiting on a phone?

                          The receptionist have been trained in triage so can determine the urgency of a call. Stuck up their own arses imo. thinking they are doctors.

                          Seriously considering changing doctors.

                          [–]Darthhedgeclipper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          He'll no. Come to Glasgow

                          [–]macjihad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          Yes

                          [–]misshiss1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          Dr Death will be seeing you now

                          [–]Ruby_lol_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          I’d probably rather die than go there ngl

                          [–]notjosh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          This used to be my local GP. It was about as unwelcoming as it looks.

                          [–]The_Queef_of_England 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          i hope so. How much grimmer could it get?

                          [–]Odd-Alfalfa7196 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          Arnold's Grope

                          [–]ConsumeYourBleach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          Kidneys £4.99 BOGOF

                          [–]inventingalex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          it's very backstreet abortiony vibes

                          [–]Italian-Painter 0 points1 point  (1 child)

                          Recently went to a pharmacy that was approximately 4x4 metres but had 6 security cameras and only 2 shelves along one of the walls

                          [–]Sinisphere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          If it isn't, I don't want to know the most grim one.

                          [–]Games_sans_frontiers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          Dr Hannibal Lecter.

                          [–]George_anon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          The hospital my nan stayed at for a week while having an op for cancer was so grim it gave her depression and she refused to get more treatment other than what she could get at home.

                          [–]QUALITYUSERDETECTOR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          I went to this clinic with my wife when she was pregnant. Everyone was friendly and helpful, but we did remark it was a little bit sketchy going in. As with most of N. London, you're only a couple of minutes from a really nice affluent area and your local doctor's looks like this. Recommend though, as I say they were all rather nice.

                          [–]Zo50 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          Might look grim but at least it's door is open!

                          My surgery is swanky, true, but they really don't like it being soiled by anyone, y'know, sick.

                          [–]Zerotwoisthefranxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          Looks like something out of cyberpunk

                          [–]WayneKerlott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          Was the building previously a public convenience?

                          [–]Alpha2417 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          Looks more like the entrance to a bunker than a clinic damn

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