Lounge a 'nice place to crash' - Odessa American

Medical Center Hospital has designed a new lounge called the bunkhouse for MCH students and residents.

“We spend a lot of time in the hospital on a day-to-day basis, so it will be nice to have a place to come relax that’s just for us,” Lela Ruck, third-year medical student at Texas Tech Health Science Center, said. “I’m really impressed and excited. It’s a lot bigger than I thought and definitely cozier. Before it felt like a hospital. It’s good because they have computers in all the call rooms so we can work from here.”

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