Exploring an Abandoned County Hospital - Found Operating Rooms

[@nancymeehan421]

Hi everyone! Grandma nurse here. The Emerson pump you found in the stairwell was used after lung surgery. When the lung is opened it collapses due to atmospheric pressure. Part of the lung is removed and chest tubes are placed in the pleura space. Patient is stitch up and tubes are connected to the pump. One bottle has water in it to serve as a water seal as the lung re expands. The bottles were glass. The blood from the surgery would drain out of the lung and into the second bottle. The pump sets on the floor at the bedside and is pushed with the patient as he is rolled along the hallway in his bed. Quite cumbersome, This system was used in the 1970's and was replaced in the '80's by a molded plastic unit that hung on the side of the bed and was connected to wall suction. So much easier to handle. Most of the patients had lung cancer so don't smoke! I'll shut up now. LOL!

[@robotparadise]

Thanks Nancy!

[@ellie8721]

These vids are awesome, and they're even better when you experts tell us about the equipment.👈 This is why I read the comments. Thanks! Stay safe, every!

[@jadeyxboox]

Very interesting thank you!

[@faith11.1]

As for someone that has a lung illness (not from smoking I was born with it) all that talk about lungs collapsing makes me kinda crawl in my skin 😅. You're strong Nancy!

[@maryedwards1028]

I’m a current nursing student, and this helped me to better understand chest tubes and the system! We just learned about them and I have an exam on Monday! Thank you! ❤️

[@MathieuAllain]

The only channel where I don’t skip the intro. That sound never gets old!!

[@TGFMusic]

100% agree. I've watched tens of thousands of YT videos in my life, this channel is just awesome. The into brings me joy.

[@Thomas-lk5cu]

True. Ever since I subbed in 2016, I've been a fan. Their consistency is on point, and every video is better than the previous one.

[@jacobdean4833]

lol.. I have it on my music playlist. The only u tube theme I have.

[@MathieuAllain]

@@jacobdean4833 I had no idea it was available. Added to my iTunes library just now. Thx!!

[@judithmcbride4023]

Yep! I have it too! Love it!!

[@lukeskywalker1840]

Just a heads up. Those respirators you use. The cartridges are composed of particulate filters and activated charcoal. That is what provides the protection against many of the molds and other airborne toxins. Please remember that the dual stage filters with the charcoal are good for 8 hours once opened. When the charcoal is exposed to air, it deteriorates and loses it's protective qualities. Always use fresh cartridges when entering what could be a hazardous atmosphere. Even the P100 particulate ones get dirty fast and were never intended for multiple usage. Remember that beards or facial hair create a poor seal with the respirator and basically mitigate their effectiveness. Always do a PFT test before using them. The ones you are using require a qualitative or quantitative fit test before you should ever use them. To be sure they are sized correctly. Besides that, love your channel. Keep up the great work.

[@sonnyjlewis]

Those 5.56 shells are blanks are most likely from a police training exercise conducted after the facility closed.

[@FayeHunter]

Some people say on a quiet night you can still hear that one officer stumbling over debris down the corridors to this day...

[@TooLazyToFail]

Yep, we had an old office building in my city that was owned by the city for some reason and just about falling apart. It was a mess everywhere, mold, etc, but it was a great place to do active shooter training and building-clearing. Simunition paint EVERYWHERE.

[@FayeHunter]

@@TooLazyToFail just don't use dragonsbreath rounds or any incendiary ammo like that one absolutely STUPID INDOOR SHOOTING RANGE WITH WOOD FLOORS.... THE BUILD UP OF POWDER ON WOOD FLOOR + THE CRACKS.... YEAH A FIRE BROKE OUT AND IT WAS A CHAOTIC MESS.... and those are the people in charge lmao... why... not just wooden... but inside.... and then fire aspect bullets... aaaaalright... i still will never understand that one haha

[@FayeHunter]

@@TooLazyToFail found the clip, speaks for itself, uhhh... idk how strict youtube is on URLs so just... you know.. replace the 'dot' with a period.. imgur(DOT)com/mewGLd9.gifv

[@unclemonster48]

You are correct

[@AT-ki8jz]

There's something so _Proper_ with watching a fresh Proper People episode on a dark rainy night

[@gratsnart1031]

Oh no its raining??

[@DatCookJohn]

🐊🦗

[@joeliccione6616]

So true and dan bell or exploring with josh, love the urbex videos!

[@HenrysHowTos]

Agreed!

[@ForgottenWondersUrbex]

That's the proper weather!

[@stacrober2]

This is where I worked for the first 10 years of my nursing career. Makes me sad to see it in such bad shape. I knew every inch of that place.

[@Nbdycares2]

Oh wow! Did you work in a specific area?

[@HassanPlayz]

The exploring community is so dang cool, there's so much curiosity and history and the fact that some people have personally been to these places or worked at them! That's so interesting, was there a specific part that you liked of the video?

[@Shag471]

I’m always impressed how you both take the presence of mold very seriously. One week ago I came home from work not feeling so hot and my allergies went nuts the moment I walked in my apartment door. Come to find out, my roommates had black mold growing all over their shower grout that looked like fur. Spores were being pulled through the entire air system and in 2 days I found myself in the ER for acute pneumonia in both lungs with complication due to Covid that I must have picked up at work. Discharged now but just walking from my couch to the kitchen I feel like a 75-year old man as I wheeze and gasp for air for about 20 minutes every time. Thank you for staying safe and providing viewers with the knowledge to always wear a respirator in the presence of mold. Scott - Proud Patreon subscriber.

[@zzInFusioNzz]

'I’m always impressed how you both take the presence of mold very seriously' - one of them literally forgot their respirator??

[@dellahicks7231]

Last video was a bit sketchy with all that asbestos in the building, and neither had their respirator. I've seen what the aftermath of that crap can do, they really need to be diligent!

[@jaysmith179]

China virus.

[@brookejackson4532]

There's something so relaxing about these videos. I also really appreciate how there's no click bait and definitely prefer watching this channel over others.

[@meeongg]

It's too relaxing that I fell asleep mid watching their videos multiple times.

[@judithmcbride4023]

Everything abt this channel is GREAT!! Have to say it’s my # 1 !! They never disappoint ! Also love anything to do with medical info! Luv that Bryan always has to “test” every on-off switch! Exactly what I would be doing!!☺️😗😎

[@tomrogers9467]

After binge watching a lot of other Urbex channels during this #£€][¥. lockdown, coming home to the PP is a breath of fresh air.

[@sadtwink666]

the proper people, walking on a decayed floor youtube auto-captions: [applause]

[@hollybeary]

That is hilarious!!

[@theabyss3875]

Sterilization Tech here, we have the exact same Steris Autoclave in our hospital! It's weird seeing one in an abandoned setting. The area next to it that had the metal sheet, was more than likely a second autoclave.

[@nurrdy]

Dude seeing any of that abandoned equipment is almost triggering me and I'm an EMT LOL I'm like UGH Ill bet THAT hospital bed would work if we plugged it in XD

[@OttawaOldFart]

Yep, I worked for a school board and they used our abandoned buildings for practice. I used to comment that they could not hit the side of a barn judging from the splatter patterns on the walls.

[@OttawaOldFart]

@@nurrdy This was a pretty empty building compared to some they have visited.

[@burns8772]

i'd like to like your comment but its on 69 likes and I'm not gonna be the guy to disrupt that

[@steuk6510]

It's missing parts from some off the equipment as probably sold out to other hospitals

[@paintingoftheweek]

The "splinting system" at 5:14 is Ortho Glass, which is a flexible fiberglass type material used for splinting extremities. The area around 6:25 like you guessed is part of the emergency department. The two tiled rooms right after the ambulance entrance are resuscitation bays for sicker patients. 8:25 is an old ultrasound machine. 8:50 is a light board for viewing x-ray films, but this is very outdated - modern x-rays are digital and read off a computer screen. The machine at 9:57 is neither an x-ray machine nor CT scanner as some people have commented but a gamma camera used for PET scans. This is a nuclear medicine test that is generally used to detect cancer. The "lie detector" at the end is an EEG used to monitor brain activity typically in patients at risk for seizure.

[@unclemonster48]

Hey fellas y’all was in my hood! It’s gone now nothing but chewed up concrete and empty clean lot. Brand new hospital down the street now. Still a smaller hospital but it serves the eastern part of Alabama. We maintain their chillers for comfort cooling and surgeries. I always wanted to see the old hospital from the inside before demolition. Thanks guys!

[@tomrogers9467]

Uncle Monster was too polite to mention he also maintains the chillers in the morgue! Not only the chairs chillin in those places!

[@unclemonster48]

@@tomrogers9467 lol!! Luckily they have maint guys in house that take care of the body coolers. Thank god!! Always some chairs chillin i wished they would make a shirt that has a chair chillin on it. 😂

[@greendryerlint]

All these old hospitals look like they were abandoned in the midst of an apocalypse. When I see all that relatively modern equipment just left to rot, I always think there are poor communities and third-world countries that would love to get their hands on some of that stuff that they just can't afford. I'm sure most of the stuff there would work even now if cleaned up a bit.

[@kingofthepod5169]

I get the same feeling. It's a thing about accuracy though. I know a lot of guys who still use WWII era stick welders, but I know 0 people who would feel comfortable using pre 2000's medical equipment. It's probably since someone's life is on the line and that machine has a million hours on It. I feel like medical museums should be more of a thing.

[@SeanA88]

I've heard medical equipment gets outdated fast like 4-6 years

[@therandomdot2563]

The problem is all that stuff left behind falls victim to accounting math. When equip is bought, it goes on the books as an cost. But, it's also assigned a depreciation schedule, which, over time, drops the "value" of the equipment to $0. Usually, this depreciation schedule takes into account when to replace the equipment. EG: computers are bought for $1000/ea, and IT folks say in 5 yrs they'll need to be replaced in order to update them. So, accounting dept depreciates the computers $1000/5 yrs = $200/yr for 5 yrs until they're worth $0 on-the-books after the 5th year. The equipment is still useful, but now has $0 value in the accounting ledger. Any use you get out of it is above and beyond, and saves you money from having to buy more stuff. So, the stuff may not be useless, but it is valueluess to the company. So, now we get to a company closing up shop. All this stuff gets left behind, b/c it would cost money to bring someone in to clear it out, auction it off, etc. And, they get the accounting dept to crunch the numbers. The cost to do all that is more than the profit they'd get from it. EG: they estimate that an auction could bring in some money, but not enough to offset the cost of the auction. The stuff left behind is often hit two-fold.. b/c 1) it's been depreciated to $0, thus considered valueless 2) if it's depreciated to that point, it's probably out-dated, too This double-whammy makes it where even if you did have an auction, you'd get pennies on the dollar for that stuff. And, in some cases, you'd have to pay someone to come haul it away since it would be considered junk that nobody wants to buy. So, they shutter the building, and leave all that stuff behind. What's expected to happen is whoever buys the building or land will eat the cost of cleanup/removal as part of the building/land prep costs to get whatever business they're starting in that spot going. This externalizes cost-of-cleanup from the company that owns all that stuff onto the person that buys the building/land. So, we end up with situations like this.. where perfectly good stuff is just sitting around, all because accounting ledge math says it's "worthless".. when some other hospital would be grateful to have that stuff as a donation, or even parts of third world countries would be ecstatic to have that stuff since it's more modern than what they have. But, it's all about money. So, the next question would be ... "ok, why not just ask folks to volunteer to go in and cleanup, salvage, etc?" Then we start to discuss liability.. whoever owns the property is liable for any accidents, health risk, etc that happens. Volunteers may work for free, but if they come down with a case of lung disease from breathing in toxic air, they could sue the property owner. So, once again.. it's all about cost avoidance. These guys going in, if they got lung issues, they couldn't sue, b/c technically they're trespassing. But, this is how we end up with all these abandoned properties with all this otherwise-useful stuff sitting around... it's because some spreadsheet math said the stuff is "worthless".

[@greendryerlint]

@@therandomdot2563 I know what you're saying and I agree with your assessment. It is wasteful though, as you agreed. Where I work, we at least use a recycler that donates our old computer equipment to needy schools instead of just shredding it or reclaiming the metals.

[@tomrogers9467]

I understand your sentiment, but it all looked well used; after a certain point in time it costs too much too keep old equipment operating, and often the replacement parts are no longer available. Many times the original manufacturers are no longer in business.

[@ericpond5487]

My son was born in this hospital back in the 80's.

[@laureng6412]

Woah that's cool. Must be really weird seeing it abandoned

[@spritelass6712]

The room with the x-ray viewing boxes is where the radiologist would sit and look at x-rays all day and dictate reports on each patients film. Also other doctors could come in and consult with the radiologist on a particular case. I used to work in the x-ray file room of a hospital back in the day when they still used film. It was a cool job to have when I was young.

[@Geordie_Chloe_]

So pleased to hear you had a lovely experience working there 😊

[@earthhippie]

These videos always remind me of when I was younger. We used to have a few abandoned places around my house growing up. We frequented an old dentist office, lumber house, warf on the Mississippi River, industrial warehouse, and the last standing JCPENNEY wing of a mall that was demolished. Ahhh, I miss urban exploration. This was 16ish years ago, so we never thought to film anything. Nor did we have equipment tbh. But it was fun.

[@steadholderharrington9035]

You're lucky. Nothing around where I live ever gets a chance to be abandoned long, and never long enough to be actually old and cool either. Seems we have an unspoken policy around here to tear down anything even Remotely dilapidated, in favour of an empty lot if nothing else.😭😭

[@Nuklearfreak]

8:27 I don‘t think it‘s for controlling the X-Rays, it looks like an old sonographic unit. I guess the mounts on the right side would have been for the ultrasonic transducers. The Ball is typically used to scroll through the layers, mostly to analyze the tissue you are examining. :)

[@ekc_sc.722]

You're probably right. I've had echocardiograms in the past and the technicians used equipment that looked just like that.

[@VAABoy081]

Looks a lot like an ultrasound machine too … to get a look into the uterus and see the growing baby when pregnant 😊👍🏼

[@luishion]

The treadmill if I was going to make an educated guess was for stress tests.

[@Squirrelnutter]

Yes, cardiac stress tests.

[@spooley]

Some have changed to recumbent bikes and for the elderly there's a drug they inject to achieve the same result.

[@markarca6360]

There should be an ECG machine near that treadmill (probably a GE Healthcare MAC series ECG).

[@IdratherbeinHobbiton]

It's crazy that this hospital looks kinda newly abandoned and long time abandoned simultaneously. The major decay in some areas vs hardly any decay in others is neat.

[@DonkeyFilms]

It was where rain water seeped through the roof and leaked and made it way worse

[@Ingens_Scherz]

You guys do the most wonderful, well-produced, atmospheric and informative urbex videos I've ever seen. Thanks!

[@justinmccowan2543]

Who else finds institutional and hospital architecture from the 60's interesting? Even has aluminum Florida style windows that give the rooms the styling of a house!

[@mokulen37]

"Is that a character I'm not familiar with or something?" You guys make me feel real old sometimes.

[@HFkepley9312]

same here even thinking the old EEG machine was used for a polygraph test

[@IdratherbeinHobbiton]

For real!🤣

[@xfirty2x]

Pepe le pew 👍

[@MrThedwp]

Which character do you think that supposedly is? As I saw someone claim it's Pepe Le Pew but the thing on the wall was a female character so it ain't Pepe

[@MrThedwp]

@@xfirty2x nope that ain't Pepe as Pepe isn't female like that character was

[@lynnvega5037]

I love it when they do hospitals/asylums, stuff like that.

[@urbexplorationz3143]

I‘m pretty sure Christmas trees are spawning in abandoned places as soon as you explore them😂

[@psims210]

there in like in almost every one of there vids

[@thickgirlsneedlove2190]

Nope

[@tomrogers9467]

There’s also a rumour about a ghost truck full of chairs looking for abandoned buildings to “Chill” in!

[@llllllll1014]

I love that someone ventured deep into a dark and abandoned hospital so they could spraypaint a pot leaf on the wall

[@UnchartedTravel]

Another fantastic video guys! Keep it up!

[@mushytoast_]

hi

[@codyprine9200]

19:38 That looks like a "don't Sue us" version of Pepe Le Pew.

[@joshuaayres8932]

That chair is just sitting there, taking in the decay of the Last Supper as the mold slowly permeates everything.

[@coyotemadness]

The correct term is "just chillin" :)

[@pkm5150]

I worked at this hospital when it was open. Sad to see that the company who bought the hospital, which supposedly prides itself and taking care of things and people, left it in such shambles after the new hospital was built.

[@Bhroshae]

That skunk is reminiscent of Pepe Le Pew. The Looney Tunes skunk that was French, a womanizer (skunkanizer?) & was mistaken for a cat. It also could have been his GF Penelope who was actually a cat & was mistaken for a skunk.

[@Fruitflyonyourwall]

Wait.. you’re telling me they weren’t both skunks? 🤯

[@jefah]

@@Fruitflyonyourwall lol

[@jessemurray1757]

right

[@dellahicks7231]

@@Fruitflyonyourwall 😄

[@angieburnett4341]

100 points for skunkanizer! 😂

[@Orin.]

The pacing of your videos guys is what gets me hooked to watch more of your content. This, as usual, was a great footage.

[@bethanie3793]

Time to order pizza!!!! A tradition when you upload! Perfect way to end the work week watching you guys!!!!!!

[@Safikei]

When you said you didn't have a respirator in your backpack, I could feel my lungs squeeze into tiny balls of anxiety.

[@henkdouma8448]

At 19:30 There was a cartoon with a skunk-character 'Pepe le Pew' that chases a female cat of which he thinks it's a skunk too (because accidentally got some white paint over her black fur). Maybe that is Pepe?

[@kaelz8021]

I think you are right. Pepe had that swoop hair sticking up like that.

[@spritelass6712]

yep, bad rendition of Pepe le Pew. It always made me uncomfortable how he stalked and assaulted the poor cat.

[@foxracing8973]

Thought the exact same thing. Oh ze moon...oh ze June! 😂

[@CelticFay0]

I feel so old right now! 🤣 When you don't know who pepe is......

[@shorey66]

Looking back, Pepe was more than a little rapey.

[@Missjulie1975]

8:22 - looks like the keyboard for a controlling ultrasounds! 19:45 - Pepé Le Pew is the character painted

[@janvinair1356]

an ultrasound scanning machine

[@shottingham]

9:42 - that's a Genesys Dual Head Nuclear Gamma Camera so it doesn't need to be encased, nor is it dangerous.

[@Troppa17]

Seems single headed to me but these were made by ADAC Laboratories form the mid/late 70ies to late 80ies in that design. So this thing must have been at least 20 years old in 2011. You're right the camera itself is not dangerous because the gamma source is the tracer (Technetium-99m in most cases) in the patient. So you wouldn't stay close to the patient during the examination without protection for obvious reasons.

[@Just1Nora]

@@Troppa17 makes me not wanna be the patient... 😳😬😬😬

[@keithbalke6352]

You guys are the best urban explorers hands down...... stay safe and look forward to more great work!

[@lemonjoy19]

I get so pumped up for this. I put my headphones on and sit in the dark and pretend im there with you guys. Best KZbin channel on my feed. Thank you

[@N.Cognito]

Christmas decorations AND chair just chillin, great episode.

[@tsarmi9864]

I wish you had your respirator so you could've enjoyed it more without worrying so much about the mold and asbestos. My anxiety would not handle that well.

[@kyleklingebeil7447]

Same 100%

[@MickeyNixonFilms]

Bryans voice in the intro is like a modulate song bird poem, smooth as butter. 😃🤘

[@IdratherbeinHobbiton]

24:16 so cool seeing the burn in image of what was there. Kinda like getting a look back in time when someone was in there.

[@allyjenny15]

17:33 could be where they did exercise stress test for cardiac patients

[@hobouk3871]

2:30 I love these old style retro cafiteria areas with those old seats in the hospitals. We had some similar old style seats to them that were fixed to the walls in an old city hospital localy where i live in the UK. Me and my brother many, many years ago used to hang out quietly in the cafeteria area doing some drawing or colouring next to the drinks machine. While my mum an dad were visiting a late relative of ours, who is deeply missed.

[@annie_xo]

Serious Silent Hill vibes, especially the cafeteria. That painting would’ve been related to a puzzle for sure lol

[@taylormark125]

The machine at 09:42 is an Adac Genesys which is a SPECT scanner, not a CT, it only rotates very slowly so it's perfectly safe to stand near.

[@tomwaters5090]

Maybe the reason they had a painting of The last supper in the cafeteria was a way to inspire the doctors and nurses to do better. Because for all we know that place had a lousy mortality rate.

[@unclemonster48]

Nah st vincents owned it, catholic hospital

[@JamesP_TheShedShop]

That painting was there long b4 st Vincent's was around. The food was excellent there and no st vincents did not own it nor was it a catholic hospital. We used to have a thing in this country called county general hospitals. Nowadays greed has stifled the practice of medicine.

[@tomwaters5090]

@@JamesP_TheShedShop what was the difference between a general hospital and the hospitals of today?

[@JamesP_TheShedShop]

@@tomwaters5090 county general hospitals were not owned by private corporations like the hospitals nowadays.

[@tomwaters5090]

@@JamesP_TheShedShop so what's the difference between them and county hospitals

[@chriscallen6897]

This is better than anything on TV! A new episode makes me smile 😃

[@Floridamermaid]

Wow. I’m just watching the beginning and this place looks amazing! Can’t wait to watch the full thing.

[@Floridamermaid]

@@silentlover1905 I’m a Patron. I get early access, you should check out their patreon if you have the funds for it. It’s worth it for two dollars,

[@markarca6360]

24:16 - That was a Hewlett-Packard patient monitor. (The same company that manufactures PCs and printers, but later they divested the healthcare division to Agilent Technologies, then was sold to Philips, a Dutch company.) This was the great-grandfather of the Philips IntelliVue patient monitors.

[@ifpstopmotions9720]

One of those x-ray machines caused the biggest radioactive incident in Brasil. A clinic was abandoned with one inside, and scrappers found it and opened it. Inside they found a glowing powder, cesium, and carried it around. Some children even played with it, and ate it! A few people died when this happened, their house today was destroyed and their land covered in concrete. Even now some people still have health issues related to the radiation they were exposed to.

[@markhaus]

I can’t get over how remarkably bad taste it is to have a “the last supper” print in a hospital cafeteria

[@tomrogers9467]

Not bad taste, just extremely ironic. Especially if you’re eating the cafeteria food! Perhaps even a subliminal warning???

[@ethandimitroff2658]

I think it's more amusing than anything because of the irony lol

[@MrThedwp]

You do realize that the vast majority of people using the cafe would have been people visiting loved ones at the hospital and not actual patients (although I'm sure some patients would have used the cafe as well) so The Last Supper thing isn't as creepy as you make out

[@markhaus]

@@MrThedwp why does it matter if it’s patients or the friends/family of patients that see the image. The last thing you want is the suggestion that this will be the last place you see them

[@MrThedwp]

@@markhaus I need some more time to say my piece to you but don't have it at the moment but I will say I disagree with your statement

[@kathrynchamberlin3405]

The treadmill and monitor were for cardiac stress tests

[@davidm6819]

I was just going to say. I have had those nuclear stress tests multiple times. I know what that treadmill is all too well.

[@HFkepley9312]

the equipment at 24:39 that is called NeuroFax is an old EEG machine that seemed to mostly used to monitor brainwaves to look for things like epilepsy if you notice the picture of the electrode placement is a picture of the top of the head and the strobe light on the arm can also be used for sleep monitoring. That is an old EEG system before it became completely digitalized for the most part.

[@EphemeralProductions]

I’m sure I’ve said this before on your other videos but THANK YOU so much for these! They are a big distraction from all the major craziness in the country and the world at least for me. Even if only for a while. ❤️

[@Geordie_Chloe_]

❤❤❤

[@mattd5757]

You guys make the best videos out there, clarity and focus. Very enjoyable to watch, im too old to do the exploring these days, but I enjoy watching u do it for me.

[@tbc27Z]

OMG 😮~ I thought that you were going to go into that elevator. 🥺😯😬

[@Ganiscol]

That painting in the cafeteria cracked me up, I almost spilled my morning coffee - it just cant be that they put it originally in there, it had to be some explorers placing it here, right? 😂

[@dellahicks7231]

I am thinking it was a Catholic hospital, between the picture and the Bibles, however someone else commented they live near it, and it wasn't. 🤷‍♀️

[@marqbarq5977]

Those pipers around 11:35 were not cheap back in the day. They were for very precise measurements of reagents for lab tests. Back in the ‘90s they were about $100 each.

[@tekvax01]

I was thinking the same thing hundreds of micropipettes... super pricey...

[@johnjamescraven300]

I don't care if I need sleep and past midnight The Proper People video just dropped it's a needs must

[@pulesjet]

Some hospital some place would be happy to have some of that equipment.

[@AwesomeFish12]

Plenty of places in the world without basic equipment. Shame to see it left to rust and decay.

[@MrWc867]

Probably some federal law that it's outdated and can't be used. But yes another country can

[@ashleyrowe8735]

my mom worked at this hospital for 15 years and is now at the new one. this is where I live and the equipment was left due to the asbestos and wasn't allowed to be transferred into new hospital.

[@nicsmcke8566]

I laughed way too hard at the 'Why would you have a painting called The Last Supper hanging in the cafeteria of a hospital' hahaha

[@exactolutelyperfect2175]

It's cool seeing an old abandoned building from my state. The Carraway hospital video was also cool, but so are all these videos.

[@xmangox5832]

I have a suggestion for a ghost town exploration if you're interested. It's a place not far from where I live. It's called Alberton. It's located in Washington, USA. It was an old farming town up until the late 1900's when it caught fire, flooded a few months after the fire, and lost money due to the expensive repairs. Finally, it was abandoned and a new farm town was built; Garfield. Just a suggestion tho, and it costs virtually nothing to explore.

[@Miakel]

As soon as water starts getting into a building it all decays so rapidly. Keep up with your maintenance around your house and it will save you thousands

[@defaultdriftco00]

Went by there several times when it was operating, my dad lived there for years. Great explore guys!

[@elarson312]

It’s amazing that these buildings are just abandoned when there time is done. It’s too bad they couldn’t be used for something else rather than rotting away.......

[@unclemonster48]

The amount of asbestos in that building was way too dangerous and expensive to reclaim it. So they had huge water sprayers up while they took a wrecking ball to it and a huge track hoe to do the demo.

[@meitsme372]

10:02 It's a "nuclear medicine" machine. The patient drinks a radioactive dye, goes for some food (1 hour or so) to give the dye time to spread into the blood and the machine goes 360 degrees around and detects the dye thus mapping the blood circulatory system and hopefully detect abnormalities.

[@Tim-Kaa]

Next time you visit hospital or lab, make sure to bring dosimeter. You were passing through radiology room where staff prepare radioisotopes for injections. Who knows what's been forgotten and spilled. Also, there are historically known cases when cobalt 60 radioisotopes were forgotten in hospitals that were used as cold gamma knife. People who found them ended up dealing with horrendous results. Stay safe.

[@tekvax01]

(24:58) it is an electroencephalogram with a chart pen recorder... pre-computer data acquisition. Remember that other hospital with racks of data amplifiers, and pen recorders? It's the same sort of thing.

[@kelseymcdonnell1680]

8:34 Isn't that for ultra sounds😂 he said controlling the xray room

[@kellyspence6744]

Im glad y'all got to explore it I live in St. Clair County and my grandsons Dad and Uncle were born here.

[@gregorymaine9615]

So the skunk "posed seductively" is Pepe Le Pew, he's a Looney Tunes character, I'm surprised you never heard of him. Also, the shell casings you found appear to be blanks, not surprising, a lit of police agencies rent empty industrial buildings to use for training. There's a place near me that had been closed for quite a while before an industrial auction occurred to clear out the buildings. When I went to the auction, there were casings litering the floors everywhere, both blanks and simunition (powder actuated paintballs) because the state Police had been doing training in the building in the weeks prior

[@tekvax01]

(18:00) the treadmill is likely for cardiac stress testing. the minor operations were likely angiograms and a CATH lab for cardiac patients.

[@BSGSV]

"Is that the 'Last Supper'?! Jesus Chri..."

[@nancymeehan421]

It means the food is really bad!

[@tomrogers9467]

@@nancymeehan421 Except in that particular location they ALL died!

[@cindyhenning7832]

Gosh I just love watching you guys. Waiting for some new ones. I have Been watched every single one of these

[@Revkor]

not even three minutes in and found the Christmas stuff. that has to be a record

[@Raveheart]

Amazing how fast it gets worse if you don't take care of the building. The (perfectly fine) house I currently live in was built by my grandpa in the late 60s, same as the hospital.

[@liam.4010]

Instant click :) always love getting a notification for you guys

[@molassescricket6663]

Guys the treadmill is for patients with cardiac issues. They are put on the treadmill while their heart is monitored to see how the heart rhythm is affected by stress induced by exertion or exercise. It’s called a treadmill test or stress test.

[@lostandfoundplaces]

"how can you have a painting named the last supper, hanging in a cafeteria in a hospital" ... Hilarious 😄

[@tekvax01]

(08:59) that is an x-ray viewing light source... AKA a light table (on a wall)

[@user-gy6wq9ou1y]

I have a hard time enjoying this vid, while watching Micheal walking around the moldy hell scape without respirator. I wouldn't be surprised if I hear about him being hella sick afterwards...

[@dellahicks7231]

We had a comment going in the last video, discussing the issue of respirators not being worn. I have seen how asbestos affects an individual years after their exposure, and while I enjoy these videos, they are not worth it if the boys are not wearing their gear!

[@The221194]

Hands down the best exploring channel here on YT 👍🏻 love these guys! U.K. number 1 fan ☺️

[@mattm9069]

Damn, they demo'd this in 2019? How old is this footage?

[@randomrazr]

not the most exciting one thats prob why

[@lightningdemolition1964]

Old enough for the statute of limitations to run out?

[@RNG-esus]

They've said before they have TONNES of saved footage that they have stocked up just waiting to be released and they use it to buffer out the gaps between their more exciting adventures

[@markarca6360]

6:28 - Those smaller OR lights are for trauma rooms/resus bays (located in the emergency department [A&E in the U.K.]).

[@donparker8246]

8:37 that looks like a sonogram machine.

[@MrL4t3]

History preserved .. well done guys 👍

[@_KRose]

Lots of mould ✔️ Michael with no respirator as usual ✔️ 😂

[@lolcatz88]

Yeah he was like - excuse excuse excuse and I was like arrrrgh! Nooooooo!

[@michailokeefeMooMoo]

Another great video from you guys

[@raphlvlogs271]

the moss was creating soil for other plants to grow.

[@TheOGMrJ]

Lots of old abandoned buildings around Alabama. Glad yall could visit!

[@sci-figuy6668]

Zenith-the last well known American television brand. 🤔

[@branhicks]

Zenith is now part of LG

[@bookFreak8191]

My parents used to own a Zenith TV. Seeing that logo took me way back, to early childhood,

[@brendakrieger7000]

Really great exploring! I wish you both safety and good health💜💟 those first rooms might have been trauma bays in the ER.

[@judithmcbride4023]

The doctors rooms are “on call” rooms , for the residents to sleep IF they got a chance .

[@MtnGuyMike]

Nice exploration guys!

[@aerohard]

If you find the room full of nurses just standing still, DON"T GO IN!

[@allisonlueddecke1967]

why?

[@heathwellsNZ]

That'd be a nightmare for sure!

[@beccaking13]

I was really getting Alchemilla vibes from this place 😂

[@skeeter21able]

@@allisonlueddecke1967, go watch Silent Hill the movie, and then, you will get what @aerohard is saying.

[@santiagovictor2004]

I always look forward to these videos. whenever I hear the intro music It makes me feel that want to explore and learn about abandoned buildings. keep up the great work guys!

[@lavapix]

I'm going to take a wild guess that this one isn't in PA either and it's in Alabama.

[@steadholderharrington9035]

Pell City, Alabama apparently. St Clair County Hospital, if the Proper people are to be believed in the first minute of this video. 😅

[@lavapix]

@@steadholderharrington9035 I was joking because outside it always looks like PA :-)

[@steadholderharrington9035]

@@lavapix Yeah well... The Proper People are not usually so .... forward with revealing where they are filming inside of America as a defence to prevent others from finding these places and then tagging/wrecking them. So, with a pinch of salt over the shoulder for luck,..... but yeah, I kinda got it a little later on. My bad.😅😂😂

[@lavapix]

@@steadholderharrington9035 I think they mentioned the location because it's been torn down already. As soon as they mention the location I figured it had been demolished.

[@steadholderharrington9035]

@@lavapix True that, but then, that's not always the case either. Look to the abandoned Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas. They broadcasted where that one was, and anyone with access to Google World Maps can find it in relatively short order (its on Hwy 180, and while in town, E Hubbard St.); last I saw personally, it was still there, back in early 2020, and I hear it has a quick-fence around it now too. Sooo.... IDK..😐

[@rwilly]

I tried to get into this building several times, but security was always there watching on site. You must have gone at just the right time. Nice!