ABANDONED Creepy Hospital Alone At Night ~ You Won’t Believe What I Found!!!

It’s peculiar how sometimes the very systems that are built to help us are the ones that need help the most.

Sadly, help wasn’t enough for this hospital before it was forced to close its doors for the last time in 2001.
This one-story brick facility was built in the late 1960’s as the only hospital for this entire rural county of 9,000 people. With the other(?) closest other(?) hospital being 90 mins away, this was the beginning of a new dawn for a poverty-stricken county and brought hope to a community that desperately needed it. However, the new hope would soon vanish
After being open for only 6 years it was forced to close for the first time in the early 1970’s due to a corruption scandal in the county that cut funds for the hospital. It wasn’t until the mid 80’s when the hospital was revived by a non profit organization. This new organization was designed to assist the hospital with its staggering 1 million dollar debt and to keep the hospital distant from continual widespread corruption in the local government. However, the hospital wasn’t out of the woods yet. Local farmers and factory workers still couldn’t afford the rising costs of healthcare to keep the hospital out of crippling debt. Additionally, more corruption was soon to occur.

In the late 90’s, a large sum of money was missing from the reserve account set aside by the county commission. Although no one was ever charged with stealing the money, there were several people to resign when confronted, including the CEO of the non profit. The money was never accounted for. With the now 1.2 million dollar debt looming overhead, it all became too much when in 2001, there were major cuts to Medicaid and forced the hospital to file bankruptcy and close its doors for the last time.
This began a unstoppable domino effect that left this entire county in devastated
Now with the closest hospital being 90 minutes away, health insurance for many of the town’s industries skyrocketed, causing many of them to move out of the area. As a result, the local economy quickly disintegrated and left thousands without work. Sadly, the ripple of damage didn’t stop there. The death rate of county has almost tripled since the hospital’s closing and the heart attack rate has risen by 40 percent.
It’s a sad story of how corruption robbed the county of any hope of thriving. Not only did it seal the fate for a hospital the community desperately needed, but it destroyed so many lives and stifled the industrial future of the county. There are still talks of the town one day reviving the hospital but it at this point, it seems more of a far-fetched idea than a reality.

#AbandonedHospital

Gear used for this video:
- Sony α7r II
- Vario-Tessar 16-35mm

[sarahmay]

The first instrument you touched in the 'sterile processing room' was an auvard weighted speculum. Used in vaginal surgeries. The second instrument you touched is called a double ended Richardson. You also managed to touch a penile sound used to dilate the urethra during penile / urological procedures. Lol. I've been in surgery for 14 years and it still fascinates me.

[beedalton]

STOP TOUCHING STUFF WITH YOUR BARE HANDS!! My anxiety is through the roof 🙈

[rosebud]

What a waste of medical equipments, hospital beds, medications, computers and the list goes on. Could you imagine how much money was wasted because they closed the doors on this hospital. They could had sold or transferred some of this equipments to other needed hospitals. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️stay safe healthy and blessed everyone!

[laurelldockall]

Loved the video, as a recently retired nurse it makes my heart hurt. All the waste. So many folks have been charged for everything they needed to use and the supplies wasted that could have been donated actually hurts to think about. Personally I would love to go and take care of all the records, supplies and equipment and donate things still usable The instruments etc. 🥲And…. Your voice is everything!

[korikelly]

I recently discovered your page and can’t stop watching. Your narratives are great, especially compared to other explorers and I love that you do the research and tell the stories behind the abandoned instead of assuming. You are so right… “waste”. So sad yet interesting

[ashively]

Working in the medical profession, this is incredible! Bio hazards and patient records left behind! Unreal!

[abigailjosephine]

This made me nervous watching you exploring around alone at night. I am blown away at what’s left behind! This video is creepy and sad. Great video!

[mallaryroberts]

Going through that place by yourself. Dude, I think you’re the bravest human. Lol

[donnaanderson]

The room you asked about that had a tub in it is where they would blast kidney stones in the early nineties. They filled the tub with water and sat the patient in it and used sound waves to blast the stones. I had it done a few times.

[shannonweeks]

At 11:58, that’s a Quinton stress system. You use that machine to perform exercise or pharmacological stress tests, testing the patient’s heart.

I’m the sales rep for it :) They’ve come a long way since then.

[thesixthgirl]

It is so sad to think of how much damage one (probably one, maybe more) greedy/corrupt person can wreak on an entire community. Horrible that they never brought anyone to justice for all the harm done.

[tommyromans]

This is absolutely insane. What happened to all the patients? What about their blood samples? Why would they leave all the meds behind worth
thousands of dollars? Why didn't they clean up the mess, wasn't there a law against leaving such medical things and medicines out like this? This is wild Jeremy.

[teresasierraa.]

What a great video, and you are always so objective and moderate, thank you. As for all the scattered surgical instruments, it is a shame that they are abandoned; many poor countries would welcome them. Greetings from Mexico City.

[Nellie-Helen]

Your voice is so good for reading the history of these places 🥰♥️

[jeroenbroeders]

I don't understand how this is possible. Here in the Netherlands you will never see anything like this. An abandoned hospital where everything has been left behind. I see needles, blood samples. It's dangerous. And I also see medical data. Why does the government allow this? Why don't they cleanup this place?

[christinerogers]

Looks like a scene from the “ Walking Dead”, where Rick wakes up and finds himself in a hospital. Watch out for the walkers.

[kennethfairchilds]

Jeremy you never disappoint another great video

[barbaraheinze]

i was a nurse for 32 years so this interested me to see this makes me so sad. That’s scary to see all that medicine that now you’ve shown plus the needles how many people will try and take all this stuff

[pattysand]

This is the coolest place i have seen in a very long time!! Thanks for letting me take this trip through video.

[shawneeb]

I can't imagine ever reopening that place. As a nurse I can't see how they would ever make it sterile and safe for people to be treated safely. Thanks for sharing very interesting.