Bustling with a cacophony of strange noises, a maze of daunting spaces and constant flux of foot traffic, a hospital can be an overwhelming place. Even more so for a young person who has to take time away from school to be here. But when you get closer to the classrooms of Hospital School SA’s Women’s and Children’s campus – yes, the hospital has its own school – the waters become calm.

The entry corridor is lined with a temporary exhibition of paintings by local artist Maria Parmenter. One piece, Comfort , depicts a deep-blue sky of clouds over an ocean, with a glimmer of sun on the horizon. Hospital School principal Matthew McCurry explains that this painting has been sold not to a collector, but to a 13-year-old student.

“One of our end-of-life young people, our student Alexander, w

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