Reception (Item)

The Reception Desk is the first item the player will encounter in Two Point Hospital. It is staffed by an Assistant, who will check in Patients and other Visitors to the hospital. In larger hospitals, it is often more efficient to build a Reception Room, which can allow more Assistants to operate in a smaller space than the equivalent number of desks.

Appearance
The desk is mostly purple, the upper surfaces featuring a flecked design, the lower panels featuring a horizontal striped texture. The upper outer-facing section and the base are made of bare varnished wood. The upper section of the desk features a bell for patients to ring, and the main section features a printer, a stationery pot, a computer monitor and keyboard, and a radio.

Spooooooky Mode 2018: The desk is adorned by four pumpkins, one on the desk facing the patient, and three more tucked underneath.

Spooooooky Mode 2019: A spider's web appears on the main surface, with another below the desk on the left hand side, as well as a skeletal hand emerging from the pencil holder.

Spooooooky Mode 2020/21: A jack-o-lantern sits on the left-hand side of the desk, and spiders' webs can be seen on the desk surface on the left, and underneath on the right.

Overgrowth Hospital: The desk is built out of light-coloured wooden panels, but elsewise features the same items upon it.

Wanderoff Hospital: The desk is built out of various-coloured wooden panels, but elsewise features the same items upon it.

Function
Patients will make this their first port of call when they arrive at the hospital. From here the Assistant staffing the desk will direct the patient to their first diagnosis room (generally the GP's Office). If there are multiple Reception desks, and/or Reception Pods, and enough assistants to staff them, then patients will be divided between them all automatically. Unlike rooms, the queues cannot be manually manipulated by the player.

In larger hospitals, it will be more efficient to build one or more Reception Rooms, as opposed to a large number of desks.

Staff
An is required to run the Reception Desk.

Trivia

 * Caption during development - 'Where patients register on arrival at the hospital.'.