pneumatic tube system ???

Emma you expressed my thought exactly. The pic before this and this one could be used as covers for romance novels. The author could spin a story just seeing the buildings. Fabio not even needed.
LOL

When I first started viewing this site I knew I loved the photos. I do not consider myself knowledgable about this type of art, but I know what I like. As I went to other infiltrated abandoned photo sites, I began to really see the differences. Motts you are an artist. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. Applause Applause.

LucieLou, Narcotics are counted at shift change of every shift. The oncoming nurse does not have to take the keys unless all meds are accounted for. What happens is that a nurse may give a dose and forget to sign the book, chart the dose. This does not happen very often. Like a couple of times a year. If unable to "find" who gave/received the dose, the paper you see above must be filled out and turned into pharmacy. If your name turns up on to many of these you could be in trouble.

Somehow seeing the inside of this plant and the history of this particular piece brings home how much we as a country have lost. Such a shame that a beautiful piece of precise equipment lays idle while jobs leave the country..........
The patina is amazing. Thanks Motts for another wonderful gallery and education or should I say social commentary.

I would assume the guy on the left is with you?

With all of this equipment that is hopelessly out of date and requiring very expensive repairs to use again, it begs the question: why isn't some of it recycled? Or is it a foolish thought?

Mammabear, you just brought back a memory. worked in the cafeteria during college and made batches of pudding in that type of cooker. had to use a pan under the bottom spigot to collect the cooked pudding. 5 gallons at a time. chocolate and vanilla and sometimes butterscotch.

Great comparison A D.

Okay I know this is going to sound wierd..... But the pipes at the top that divide have been reminding me of a giant that has bent over to do something. See the legs and the trunk? Can't you just imagine what the rest looks like?
Thanks for the new gallery so much for getting stuff done today

It is important to remember that many of the treatments we use today for ADHD patients were not available when these children were in this institution.
Families were told to place their child in this type of institution by their trusted family Dr. Then they were told not to visit them because it would cause problems for the child who was trying to get used to the place they lived. The attitude toward this type of child was far different than it is today.
Even today the system fails. I worked with an RN that cared for her profoundly retarded and physically disabled daughter. She took the best care of that child. When she reached 21 this nurse looked into placing her in a group home so it would become her lifestyle so there would be no transition issues when she and her husband were no longer available to care for her. They were required to sign documents that named the State of OH as the child's guardian. The
staff told the parents to stop visiting. Less than 6 months after being placed in a home this girl passed away from pneumonia. I was working in the ER when she came in and the group home had called and told us to ignore the mother and father of this child because they had no legal standing. After my friend had cared for her daughter for years and fed her slowly and carefully because she had trouble swallowing. She had warned the group home that her daughter was prone to choking and developing an aspiration pneumonia. Such a sad situation. My friend just kept saying: I thought I was doing what was right for her. So even in the new revamped care situations problems occur. We haven't got it right yet. I have my fingers crossed that we will get it right someday soon.

Just saw the episode of Ghost Adventures (travel channel) I was horrified at the stories of the "treatment" the residents received. But the part that really made me sick was when the Dr related that it was POLICY to pull all of a resident's teeth if they were biters. Can you imagine? I think the majority of the staff did the best they could with what was provided. Caring for dependant patient's is very difficult. And to care for ones that can not help themselves at all is overpowering. During nursing training as part of my pediatric rotation, I was assigned to a private facility for profoundly mentally and physically challenged patients. The facility is immaculate, each patient gets a bath every day. They are dressed in clean clothes and gotten up. It is the best example of what this care should be like. But we also took a field trip to a place that was very much like the Pennhurst of the news tape.
Before you make nasty/silly/juvenile or hateful comments, just think a minute about how much care was needed by every resident on a daily basis. The reality is daunting.

I never expected to find pictures of an industrial site so interesting or moving. This is a fantastic gallery. Thanks for helping me to see the beauty in this building.

I get kind of an art-deco feel from all of the archways. Really beautiful

The hospital that I worked in from 1971-1977 had this type of light. They were for use by the patients. Sometimes we would use them on patients that had decubitus ulcers= Ulcers of the body covering areas of bony prominence. Specifically as applies to bed fast patients. We would roll the patients on their stomachs and take the dressings off and allow the slight heat from the light to dry out the area before we redressed them. In people speak these are bed-sores. Dr's did examine patients with them, but if they really wanted to examine something in detail we took the patient to another room with better lighting or carried better lighting to the patient.

Missing is the track that this type of OR lamp is attached to so it can be repositioned as needed.

Does anybody (besides me) think that the opening on the wall the picture faces, looks like a fireplace? I've been in my share of delivery/operating suites and I can't figure out what it is.
Of course a fireplace would be totally against protocol. But it suggests to me that this room might have had a different function at one time and was converted. Just a thought

I think most hospitals have safes. The one that I worked in had one. You never knew what an ER patient might have with them. Only way to be sure it was protected was the hospital safe.
I would hazard a guess that at the time this hospital operated, most private patient's paid in cash. So the safe was needed between bank runs. Also wonder if the staff was paid in cash?

Stairs wituout handrails are my nightmare. Seems like I just can't keep from creeping to the edge........

Emergency drugs in medical speak refers to drugs needed to treat a cardiac or respiratory arrest. They also contained meds to treat patients who exhibit severe alllergies. These are standard in areas that treat patients of all kinds. Atropine, Narcan, epi, Benadryl, lidocaine are examples of meds that would be in this location.

And so many bars on the windows. what a forboding appearance,
surrender hope all who enter here.

Would love to buy a print of this. The set up suggests so many story lines for day dreaming. Some kind of scary.......

How can they walk away from a building this big. There must have been some part that could be used. I can't get over the waste.
In this day and age it feels like a crime to have walked away from this building.

Some equipment in hospitals are placed on carts for transport to where they are used. When these pieces are returned to Central Sterile the equipment is cleaned as usual. The carts also have to be cleaned. If the side we can't see is a slope then this area could be for hosing down the carts. Would have to know where this area is. Because the carts that deliver food are also cleaned this way.

You asked for a room with a view.......