The Orphanage: Dark Fantasy

I planned to return to the orphanage where I was raised once I'd completed my medical schooling, to look after the sick children there. I had fond memories of old Dr. Franken, and I knew he'd been getting on in years. I had been assured by the head matron that my skills would be welcome, and that Dr. Franken was hoping to retire soon. Of course, it didn't quite work out to the blissfully happy and worthwhile profession that I'd hoped. The troubles began when I didn't complete my medical schooling. Oh, I assure you, I am fully qualified. I simply had the ill-fortune to be caught in one of those student pranks (as the angry headmaster called it) while performing a legitimate experiment (as I called it) that happened to be a crime (as the police called it). So instead of receiving my certification--


Inspiration: "My Orphanage" by Rasputina -> Googling "orphanage" -> Del Toro's "The Orphanage" on Amazon (it seriously killed the google ranking--the first 10 *pages* were all movie).
Story Potential: High.
Notes: But something is afflicting the orphans, or perhaps the whole city but the orphans hold the key, and this not-quite-a-doctor becomes our hero. Of sorts.