
    Calculate the total monitoring space required for a patient care unit, where each day of hospital stay requires equal observation area on all six sides (front, back, left, right, top, and bottom) of the patient monitoring zone, given the length of stay in days as input.
    

    
def surfacearea_cube(l):
    """
    Calculate the total monitoring space required for a patient care unit, where each day of hospital stay requires equal observation area on all six sides (front, back, left, right, top, and bottom) of the patient monitoring zone, given the length of stay in days as input.
    

    """
def surfacearea_cube(l):
    """
    Calculate the total monitoring space required for a patient care unit, where each day of hospital stay requires equal observation area on all six sides (front, back, left, right, top, and bottom) of the patient monitoring zone, given the length of stay in days as input.
    

    """
    surfacearea = 6 * l * l
    return surfacearea