Exploring an Abandoned Hospital: Vintage 1930s Medical Equipment!

In today's video, we showcase the abandoned Belvoir Park hospital in Northern Ireland containing vintage medical equipment dating back to the 1930s. This was the last video left from our 2021 Ireland trip, where we visited many abandoned locations and recorded some of our favourite videos!

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[lorrainehamilton]

The big machine in the laundry room is for pressing and folding sheets, two operators either side fed the laundered sheet in at one end, it passed through several large rollers then came out the other end dry, pressed and folded

[kieranstravels]

There's something so surreal and eeire about the children's ward building especially. It feels like they just packed up and left.. Actual goosebumps.

[JOYSworld]

It is possible that where the autoclave was, the “Lab” looking area could be the sterile preparation area as even today they’re often built in the basement.

I was a sterile services surgical instrument technician for 5 years in a modern hospital (West Midlands) England. A very large hospital with over 30 theatres and our unit was large so it had its own building, we had 5 very large Autoclaves built into the wall, they were full length the same height as a standard door, plus another for robotic/heat sensitive instruments/devices. A big decontamination room with 6 huge washers and then a separate room that was very large which was the sterile room where we inspect the instruments for debris and damage before assembling each kit for surgery (some kits can have 100 items in) we would study and learn the instrument names and how they work and what to look for and covered every surgical specialty right from teeth to eyes, cardiac, Neurology and orthopaedics and robotic surgery right through to caesarean and neonatal.

The sterile room where we did inspection and assembly, we also wrap the trays or heavy kits for orthopaedics with mallets, chisels and power tools would be sealed In tins in that big roommate, some instruments get oiled or assembled if they’re in multiple parts - it would look a lot like a lab in some aspects.

Often, including the hospital that existed before the one I worked at was built the Sterile Services (instrument cleaning) units are built in the basement of the hospital. Many of the people I worked with had been doing the fob 20-25+ years and they would tell me stories of working down in the basements. Even now all over the world sterile service units are positioned in the basement, people don’t know they exist, but without them the hospital cannot function.

[bganonimouse]

Another fantastic video. Really outstanding work at every stage of production. I'm afraid you guys still don't quite get the viewing numbers you deserve, but I feel like although you may not get a lot of people watching in a short period, over the longer term you will get a constant flow of people watching - long after "trendier" channels will lie forgotten.
I really admire all of your dedication!

[angienorthey]

Trying to find footage of Queen's Hospital, Croydon, the former Croydon Workhouse, before it was demolished. Worked in there when it was derelict in the early to mid-90's, and it was bloody creepy.

[JOYSworld]

It’s so lovely to see UK locations with research and thought put into every upload

[benlambley]

Brilliant explore as usual lads that old equipment was fascinating glad they are renovating the buildings to.

[judypearson]

The pictures of the grounds and buildings in this explore reminded me of Kingseat Psychiatric Hospital in Karaka, South Auckland, New Zealand. The wards were individual buildings referred to as Villas 1, 2, 3 etc
Opened in 1932 and closed in 1999. 2005 it opened as 'Spookers Haunted Attraction' and a paintball arena.
Thank you for your interesting explore - there are so many similarities.

[focus]

I watch lots of abandoned video channels but I must say lads yours are way ahead and the best already looking forward to the next one 👍

[stephaniemcquillan]

I’m from Northern Ireland and so have really enjoyed seeing some familiar locations on your channel. I think we had a heatwave while you were here filming these.

[ciaranburke]

Thanks guys I live in Dublin and your Ireland exploration has been been hugely interesting especially the trip to St itas in portran which i had the opportunity to look around myself dont live to far away 👍

[flolot]

you all did a amazing job with amazing places to visit, thank you all for that and for the great quality of your videos. Well done guys !!😵‍💫😎

[kennethpaul]

Great job, guys, as always. Love your production work with your videos. Great camera work, narrative, editing, etc., including a bit of history about the site makes it all that much more interesting. Just about the best urbex presentation work on here along with the Proper People guys here in the US (where I live). Very professional looking work. My only (minor) complaint would be the clicking of the aperture ring on the camera that's a bit distracting but that's me being picky (I used to be in commercial radio as a DJ and engineer so that's my bit of being obsessive/compulsive). Always look forward to your next explore. Thanks for exploring such fascinating places.

[cocojo]

Thank you for a very interesting explore 👍

[andyarmstrong]

Superb find, me and my team provided comms in to his place in the 2000's. It also had the ambulance 999 response I think.

[liquidusblue]

Received your magazines the other day, great purchase

[frasermathers]

Thanks for a another cracking video and explore lads, although the view from the gas tower makes my heart beat a bit faster than I would like 😂. Nice to see the buildings being put to a good second life, although I hope the capital raised from the sale goes back into the health service.

[Dazzy]

It is Belvoir, but pronunced beaver, lol.

[mrcarfan]

11:48 it says ‘Don’t go in. Run’ on the wall. Then in the clip after at the start there’s a man talking in the background??? The guy is on his own but there’s definitely talking

[TB-usel]

They were used for treating polio, not polo 16:22 Most polo overdoses have been handled by A&E departments since the early 1910s. 👍