..oh. ..and the floor is lower on purpose.. ..it keeps patients from breaking down the door.. ..you can tell there was no floor there by the moulding under the door frame..

..hospitals used to paint the lower half of walls darker to cover the color of blood. ..that's why a lot of hospitals are painted green -- green doesn't show "blood" red.. ..and if one is laying on a gurney the blood isn't going to splatter to the ceiling.. ..just about chest high for a standing person..