ΝΙΕΝ - Παλιό ναυτικό νοσοκομείο Μελισσίων | The 'ghost' hospital of Penteli | TP DroneShots #dji

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Πενταόροφο κτίριο 11.600 τετραγωνικών μέτρων... και 300 κλινών. Από τις αρχές του 1978 παραμένει κλειστό και εγκαταλελειμμένο...

NIEN - Melissia | The "ghost" hospital of Penteli

NIEN is also called a "ghost hospital", something that is not only mentioned in its abandonment from the 1970 until today.

The 5th floor building of 11,600 sq.m. is located in the middle of a pine forest of 119 acres and belongs to the Naval Retirement Fund which is bound by its statute to operate it only as a hospital.

The old naval hospital that could be a museum, on the contrary, today is accompanied by the reputation of satanic ceremonies, ghost hunters and delinquent people, especially in the evening.

It is said that if one visits this unguarded hospital, one will find from old wooden chests to gallows, but also makeshift facilities for the homeless. It is worth mentioning that access to the building is not secure.

The Merchant Marine Nursing Institution (NIEN) was founded in 1948, initially as a sanatorium and closed in 1975 for repairs. Work finally stopped in 1981 and the hospital was abandoned. Since then it has been a place of exploration, a place of play for the children of the neighborhood, a shelter for drug addicts, a surface of expression for graffiti artists, a search field for ghost hunters.

In 1989, the then Minister of Health had promised to reopen the hospital within 7 months. Nothing happened. Recently, in view of the pandemic, the idea was expressed to equip with ICU beds. However, no proposal for its utilization ultimately succeeded.

Recently, the National Social Security Agency (EFKA) in the context of utilizing its real estate in its immediate plans is to hold a tender for the lease of the Merchant Marine Nursing Institution (NIEN) in the Municipality of Penteli, according to the website "Proto Thema".

The need to utilize the Merchant Marine Nursing Institution (NIEN) in the area of ​​the Municipality of Melission, which remains closed and abandoned, is pointed out by the administration of the PENEN seafaring union, in a letter to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health.