Abandoned Hospital in Chicago With Power Still Running

In todays video we will be talking you with us as we explore an abandoned hospital located just outside of Chicago Illinois. The hospital, known as Westlake hospital, was suddenly closed down and then ended up in controversy as it was also eventually sued by the residents and the municipality for making broken promises to keep the hospital open.
Westlake hospitals origins date all the way back to 1927 but began to run into financial troubles after being sold to another parent medical company in 2018. That parent company purchased the hospital and promised the community members and stakeholders that they had plans to keep the hospital open and even expand the facility programs. However, those plans were soon abandoned, no pun intended, as in 2019, only a year after they bought the hospital, they announced that they were now bankrupt and closing down westlake hospital was a absolute necessity to save money. The local citizens and the city taxpayers were outraged by the broken promise and in turn, came together and filed a lawsuit. By 2021, the city actually won the lawsuit and in addition to that good news, the hospital was sold again to another medical group and since they took over ownership last year, they have been working tirelessly to get the hospital back up to code and to hopefully to reopen it sometime in 2023.
As of 2023, the once abandoned westlake hospital is being renovated slowly but surely. Nearly all of the medical equipment has been auctioned off as currently abatement is underway. It will be rather interesting to see what happens with the former westlake hospital.
And that’s going to take us to the end of the todays video on westlake hospital that was closed due to bankruptcy and then sued for broken promises.
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[@razvandobos9759]

16:10 ah love it when you guys explore the radiology rooms! That room you just walked in appears to be a cardiac catheterization laboratory, or simply a cath lab. It’s a type of interventional radiology suite where they perform heart caths and insert stints into your blocked arteries. Very interesting wall tiles for a cath lab. Never seen that before especially with that dark green.

[@bride4jesus0126]

*Stents 😂

[@christopherleubner6633]

Yup that first one was a good one too, had a very large 15 inch diameter image intensifier tube on the C arm. With newer tech for imaging camera chips it would require very little radiation if used with that intensifier tube.❤

[@sergeantscumbag2116]

hospitals always give me the creeps their so depressing and cold

[@kelliquinn1342]

So hear this empty hospital with electric sits empty while homeless veterans live in the street😢 millions of dollars of equipment sitting there just riding away😢 and the worst thing is this was the same way during covid and yet they spent all that money downtown Chicago we had something here workable immediately oh so sad so so sad😢😢😢

[@chicago23cub]

I agree .

[@MirandaWiebe]

You know I agree with you they should put that for the homeless people

[@thestars386]

I Love these locations you guys find. Hospitals have to be one of the the most creepy to explore (I imagine) besides *asylums.* Thanks for this *wonderful exploration.*

[@abandonedcentral]

Hospitals are our favorite! Thanks for watching.

[@customscreenprinting]

Abandoned Central thanks for sharing this video about the Abandoned westlake hospital in chicago it was a really good video and thanks aqgaing for sharing and God Bless.

[@joeskinwalker7628]

What a waste of a building and equipment. And the electricity is still running I wonder who's collecting on making the payments. The city mayor or governor should be notified about this open building with the electricity still running somebody is bound to get hurt. What a waste of money And resources.

[@erynd2524]

Ironically, I do security for a living and I would love to sneak into one of these places. I would get into sooooo much trouble if I pulled a stunt like this. 😎👍I love these videos and find them to be the next best thing to actually exploring. Stay safe!

[@RobertoHernandez-cx4yt]

This is very amazing keep up the good work 👏

[@abandonedcentral]

Thank you! Will do!

[@vilmamontano9977]

Thank you for the videos!

[@EmilyTienne]

Funny how one building is used to process newborns and the newly dead…all at the same time.

[@Official_Kuraim]

How is that funny? Most hospitals do.

[@EmilyTienne]

@@Official_Kuraim Well, duhhh. Yes, most hospitals do. It’s still a strange concept that the newborn, gravely sick and the dead inhabit one building.

[@thomasmadden2258]

They clean out flatten building

[@thomasmadden2258]

All record destroy & the build destroy build some thing else

[@EmilyTienne]

@@thomasmadden2258 Thank you.

[@user-zx8de8op9l]

I wonder why these hospitals became abandoned in the first place. Many of those X-ray machines are not that old, as the 80's were a time of new innovation in healthcare.

[@rossincognito273]

Bravo great work

[@jeffclark3924]

Uber dope explore! Thanks for going back.

[@abandonedcentral]

Thanks for watching Jeff! Glad you enjoyed this video.

[@corinag.hernandez9959]

I totally loved this video the morgue was small but creepy 😮

[@abandonedcentral]

Thanks for the support!!

[@user-ds1cf9oc3r]

I used to live by Westlake!! WOW

[@darlenerussell9729]

Yes I enjoy it so awesome you got to explore it ❤❤❤❤❤

[@abandonedcentral]

Thanks for watching!!

[@darlenerussell9729]

@@abandonedcentral welcome ❤️❤️

[@tnurse61]

i used to work there. great people there.

[@abandonedcentral]

Thanks for watching our video!

[@justmombeauty]

Idk why but tiled walls just make these abandoned hospitals feel more creepy.

[@lindawesler4007]

Awesome video!

[@abandonedcentral]

Thanks for the visit! Glad you liked this video 🙌

[@leonmott8419]

00:16 that’s a Cath lab, I cleaned one the other day and I was tempted to push the buttons 🤣

[@MonicaNico122]

Come mai un ospedale così bello è stato abbandonato?😮

[@Chris-co7yv]

Hey man, new this exploring thing, around Chicago area as well, I’m very interested in trying to check the area out, I was hoping if you can maybe give any tips on how you got in or any other spots nearby, I’ve been to damen silos, and Hawthorne tower

[@DoNotChooseBlank]

I still don't know why the hospital is emty what happend that causes to close it?

[@mathuetax]

10:30 so was that bit of flexible ductwork hanging down have a light inside it? 20:32 Wow, an SGI computer.

[@TomokoAbe_]

What do they plan to do with the building? Just let it be and rot away decades later? That makes no sense. It does not look like it is going to be renovated anytime soon :)

[@boobooromero141]

Some of that equipment should be place in other hospitals. During the pandemic they couldn't find breathing machines. If they would have gone to some of these abandoned hospitals, they could have found some equipment and saved lives!

[@donnadallary2808]

Scary

[@gordonleahy1364]

I'd like to see more abandoned funeral homes.

[@greywebs1944]

Loads on KZbin.

[@leslienorthern9455]

That room with green tile is a hybrid room. Endovascular procedures were performed in there.

[@Lonemacaroon]

Covid I think

[@EasyCheesyChodes]

That vintage Silicon Graphics computer by the MRI machine is worth some coin.

[@razvandobos9759]

12:29 that’s a fluoroscopic x-ray room with the overhead X-ray tube and fluoro tower with the tilted table and TV monitor. That special x-ray machine in the OR in surgery you guys were in was a fluoroscopic machine of some kind. Must be a interventional radiology room.

[@michaelloving8004]

those rooms with that big machine is called fluoroscope and are used to perform catheterization like heart cath , interventional radiologists , interventional cardiologists

[@bride4jesus0126]

C-Arm Fluoroscopy

[@lesliehyde]

They are also used for doing guided lumbar punctures when a patient has some complex issues preventing a blind approach.

[@k.c3731]

Do you know why it closed? Also if they have plans for it or j leaving it abandoned

[@zachbenore6724]

I wonder if they still have backup generators in there

[@rhondaharter793]

I use to work there

[@Noodleude]

octane spotted 👀

[@movieedge7370]

My mother-in-law, was is one of the last people to work there before it closed

[@mommabear2305]

What was the reason given for the closure? I have my own ideas, but just curious as to what they were told.

[@jayarina2535]

Why were these hospitals closed

[@rebokfleetfoot]

how do you guys find these places?

[@Orangetantrum22]

Security at an abandoned hospital is kinda odd, but typical because if equipment is being damaged or not accounted for then i could believe it especially high value equipment but still kinda odd if they subconsciously left everything in the idea of getting better equipment

[@abandonedcentral]

Its actually not odd at all. The building itself is worth a lot of money. In a city like Chicago, this building would be covered in graffiti and completely vandalized within a few months if they didn't have security. 5 years being abandoned, there was zero graffiti and vandalism because security was present. 95% of explorers also didn't get to see this building because security scared them from entering.

[@NateKK7]

I hope they didn’t leave those machines in, those are still relatively modern and usable.

[@rlnstn9300]

That would be a good place for a ghost hunt

[@krist6687]

Hi I live in Chicago and problem with this particular hospital was that they could not find a company to purchase the hospital or group I should say and run the hospital the way they wanted to run it due to the area unfortunately it is very low income and crime is high in that area so there is a lot of issues you would need trauma centers to treat gunshot victims , yeah I said it , so that’s a problem as well. This property is being disputed over still and has sat empty for this while time. I hope eventually they figure it out but I doubt it , since it seems to be an issue .

[@Chris-co7yv]

Any update on that hospital

[@BabaYagaBabyBaddaBoom]

Hospitals government payed for get closed so that private health care for cash can open .Sadly it would make a great treatment center and get all the addicts cured but the corrupt government needs them to use the drugs they allow to be imported and crime to rise so they can hire more police , more judges , more prosecutors , more jails and of course extort more taxes to pay themselves for it

[@Hamsamoon]

This place is a Time Capsule. My grandpa sold the land

[@michellevasquez3205]

All those machines could be used by other countries that aren't so fortunate to have their own. That's my thought

[@Joe1120]

Got to ask why did the hospital shutdown in the first place?

[@CommanderWiggins]

From what I can tell a new company came into ownership of the Healthcare network the hospital was part of, and chose to close it. It seems like they didn't have much of a reason other than wanting to save money. I believe there was enough public outcry about it that the hospital is now being renovated to be reopened in the future.

[@BabaYagaBabyBaddaBoom]

Why would they need it , all the sick have been cured and there isn't a single homeless person including veterans , hell maybe they can invite some immigrants in to fill it.

[@timstubbs9779]

Wonder why health care cost so much. Waste

[@berlindamoustafa1887]

I could use one of those desks

[@nannabou9437]

Those X Ray machines should be the 1st to be removed! Dangerous 😮. I would call the city and complain before some idiot trys to scrap them and contaminate the city with Radiation 😮 Awesome Video😊

[@wardogies]

Those x-ray machines are harmless when turned off even when powered up the are not radioactive they produce radiation from the interaction of electrons when the collide with a spinning anode and produce high energy light

[@leep5113]

I hope they’ve taken the radioactive isotopes out of those x-ray and radiation therapy machines. It could be deadly otherwise

[@willowvilla9659]

They get less radioactive fairly fast as long as they don't saw into the lead casing they should be fine

[@se7enspac3s]

Xray machines contain no isotopes. Just a fancy light bulb.

[@izzyvfci]

They were a while back. I was in that place when the tear down first started.

[@BabaYagaBabyBaddaBoom]

@@willowvilla9659 They use electromagnetic radiation like the gamma rays produced by some radioisotopes, but X-rays are of lower frequency than gamma rays

[@DennisFreitas-bn7nh]

Other scenario the Resident Evil 🤔

[@robertmailhos8159]

Sounds like the hospital could not afford the service of security guard well at least you got to go back to that hospital and film it

[@abandonedcentral]

They had security there for about 4 years then they finally removed them right before they cleaned it all out. Now its a full construction site. Plastic up everywhere because they started to renovate it.

[@robertmailhos8159]

@@abandonedcentral hopefully it will still be a fully functioning hospital for the people who need to get medical help

[@movieedge7370]

I wonder if the Hospital is haunted 🤔

[@user-jh5gg1dz8n]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤

[@abandonedcentral]

Thanks for watching our video!

[@KyKane]

so when i googled it 3 years ago they used it for covid?

[@michellevasquez3205]

The hospital that had 19 floors was cool, but this one not cool.

[@user-qy4xu7ni6i]

Trade?

[@user-jh5gg1dz8n]

Cheryl b24 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤happy

[@abandonedcentral]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@jayarina2535]

​@@abandonedcentralwhy were these hospitals closed 🙄🙄🙄

[@winter4953]

well?

[@joiebrasington3562]

Have you ever been caught??? I worry about you!!!

[@abandonedcentral]

Yes we have quite a few times. That comes along with this hobby.

[@HyPex808-2]

Why do they leave the power on? And who pays for the power?

[@abandonedcentral]

They leave the power on so the pipes don't burst in the winter time. Usually the bank that took over the property will leave the power on.

[@HyPex808-2]

@@abandonedcentral thanks for the info!

[@thebeesknees9954]

JS I’d make my way right to the drugs, just to see what they left behind.

[@daltonhammes2305]

Reminds me of the last of us part 2

[@abandonedcentral]

Being an urban explorer that was one of the best TV shows yet haha! Thanks for watching our video.

[@BorkBiscuit]

Hey y'all please do be careful if you're exploring a place with active construction or demolition...

[@abandonedcentral]

We will. Thanks for watching our video.

[@RUSONEYO04]

I could smell death just watching this good watch

[@kiezkerry3]

Why is this abondenend? All the stuff is in there i dont get it

[@krwd]

endless millions of dollars going to waste 🤢🤢

[@tammyhatch2349]

Why is the POWER still on? Electricity

[@abandonedcentral]

So the water pipes don’t burst in the winter and damage the entire building. Very common throughout USA for that reason.

[@tammyhatch2349]

That makes sense....I didn't think about that.

[@TheBestofFlintCityCouncil]

@@abandonedcentral what you’re saying makes sense, but how does that apply to this particular building. They plan on demolishing this building, so why would they waste money and electricity to heat pipes in a building that they plan on demolishing😮

[@mommabear2305]

​@@TheBestofFlintCityCouncilThey need to remove the stuff first. Electricity and all for that for the people doing the de construction, I would assume.

[@ashlee4512]

I think its the cath lab

[@user-jh5gg1dz8n]

Cheryl b24

[@petepan9696]

Y’all ever encounter ghosts or spirits or odd stuff you cannot explain in these hospitals?

[@abandonedcentral]

Na we never have. Been doing this for many years now.

[@keithcallaway5876]

@@abandonedcentralwould you ever do an extreme haunted abandoned place or house

[@darkalligator]

Such a waste

[@katherinepatrick4140]

Thar need 2 bemused

[@paulademarco1585]

Xo

[@FilosofoCA]

Yet another video using Chicago in their title when the hospital isnt even in Chicago…

[@becomematrix]

Half life 2

[@SarcasticMary]

Anyone else find it funny af that in the bio room, there's a sign that says no food or drinks allowed in the fridge?! 😆😆

[@mommabear2305]

You're not supposed to have food you eat/consume mixed with meds that need to be kept cold. Big OSHA no, no.

[@SarcasticMary]

@@mommabear2305 That's why I said that...

[@mommabear2305]

@@SarcasticMary Oh ok! Didn't know if you were being serious or not.

[@Soards217]

Wish you’d quit putting the exact location.. wonder how many people come in after you and scrap and steal everything valuable you show.

[@abandonedcentral]

Hospital is completely cleaned out. Held the video for over a year until it was gutted. So not a single person went after us and scrapped it.

[@MEEPEES]

Why are you in this hospital? This is by our home. We fought to keep this hospital open and you are trespassing. There are computers and other valuable things there and there are no trespassing signs on that hospital. YOU are breaking and entering.

[@VivaSepulchre]

At least they didn't vandalize or anything. You live in Chiraq and you're worried about trespassers 🤭

[@VivaSepulchre]

👑 KING VON👑 RIP

[@meatplunger3996]

Honestly as long as they leave everything as it was when they got there, I don’t see the issue. Personally I think it’s great that they documented the building before it’s gone forever, leaving at least some of its history for people to see.

[@Protectchildren]

Cry a river

[@Jjangbunbun]

I could do without the obnoxious narration

[@nickhansen9490]

Why do you break into a closed hospital, there's probably a reason why they have guards there, so it's probably not "public"

[@nickhansen9490]

But for example, you don't know why the hospital was closed and guards were employed to keep people away. Could it be that you went into an "infected" area just to emphasize that you are simply the sharpest knife in the drawer!

[@abandonedcentral]

Lol you obviously know nothing about this hobby Nick. Good try though. You just make yourself look like an idiot with comments like that.

[@nickhansen9490]

But okay big respect, A bad criminal who simply films himself breaking the law HAHA